This seems to have been running in the mind of Jacob Böhm when he says somewhere that all the bodies of men and animals, and even all plants, are really half dead.
Badirudi Jakobo Böhmek hori oso kontuan zeukala, nonbait esaten duenean gizakien eta animalien soin guztiak, are landareenak ere, propioki erdi-hilik daudela.