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Gerhard Dorn and John French

A Chymical Dictionary

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Annus Platonicus

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Annus Platonicus

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At a Glance

The word. A time expression given two very different scales.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 4; facsimile PDF page 332.

Historical Definition

Annus Platonicus is a common month, or an age.

Meaning

The unusual breadth of the definition should remain visible: an ordinary month and an age are both offered. The entry does not supply a computation that would reconcile them or specify a universal duration. Readers should resist replacing it automatically with another familiar explanation of a Platonic year. In this dictionary, the immediate evidence is this twofold gloss. A dated operation, explicit number of days or discussion of an age in the surrounding source must decide the applicable scale.

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Annus Aniadin. A lifespan expression rather than a fixed calendrical year.

Mensis Philosophicus. A philosophical month measured as forty days of digestion.

Periodus. The limit or duration of life.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 4; facsimile PDF page 332 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Annus Platonicus ; compare Annus Aniadin, Mensis Philosophicus, Periodus

See also. Annus Aniadin; Mensis Philosophicus; Periodus

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The complete 706 historical definitions of the 1650 English dictionary, modernised and accompanied by expanded Diotimos commentary, reading routes, 15 textual notes and complete linked indexes.

Historical Text

A Chymicall Dictionary, London 1650, English version associated with John French, based on Gerhard Dorn’s Dictionarium Theophrasti Paracelsi. The containing volume also prints Sendivogius and Paracelsus; neither neighboring work changes this dictionary’s attribution.

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Complete 706 definition paragraphs with new introduction, commentary, reading guides and indexes; Diotimos Editions, 2026.

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