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Water: The Carrier and Matrix of Life

Length: 8 min.

Fritjof Capra, physicist and author, describes Leonardo da Vinci's fascination with water. 
"Water is the extension and humor (nourishing fluid) of all living forms. Without it, nothing can maintain its form."

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