The term "corruptible" has been employed in literature to evoke the notion of transience and decay, often juxtaposing the mortal with the eternal. In some texts, it reflects the fragility and impermanence of the human body and earthly life—illustrated by Dante’s depiction of Silvius and Augustine’s recurring contrasts between the mutable nature of physical existence and the divine ([1], [2], [3], [4]). This duality is further explored by thinkers like Montaigne, who observed how the bodily state dulls the soul’s faculties, and by Emperor Marcus Aurelius, who implores readers to despise the decaying flesh in favor of a higher calling ([5], [6]). Additionally, the term finds its way into political and metaphorical discourse, as seen in Carlyle’s commentary on political figures enabled by corruption and the transformative metaphor in Emerson that contrasts decay with incorruption ([7], [8]). Even in theological arguments, as by à Kempis and St. Augustine, "corruptible" reinforces the transient nature of earthly life in contrast to the eternal, while Jefferson’s usage reminds us of its lexical roots ([9], [10], [11]).