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The Author’s Preface
German & Latin
1723 scan 16Damit ich mich auch nicht lange aufhalte in sehr weitläufftiger Beschreibung natürlicher Dinge / weilen solche unterschiedene Autores genugsam und überflüßig mit gantzen Folianten ausgestrichen und ausgezieret / also gehe ich gantz kurtz / mit weniger Berührung derer unnothwendigen Dinge / durch die Quantität des Pappiers zuförderst den Verdruß des Lesers abzuwenden. Es ist auch zu mercken / daß hier keine Zierde der Wohlredenheit und geschraubten Styli zu suchen / indem ich selbst simplex simpliciter secundum ipsius Naturæ simplicitatem incedire.
The Golden Chain of Homer: The Author’s Preface
1723 scan 16So that I do not linger over a very lengthy description of natural things, which various authors have already elaborated and adorned sufficiently, even excessively, in entire folios, I proceed very briefly, touching little on unnecessary matters, above all to spare the reader the annoyance caused by a mass of paper. It should also be observed that no ornament of eloquence or elaborate style is to be sought here, since I myself, a simple man, proceed simply according to the simplicity of nature herself.
Socrates
Reading The Golden Chain of Homer · The Author’s Preface · PRE04S003 · 1723 scan 16
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The two-book alchemical work of 1723 in German with a new English translation, 399 notes, eight historical diagrams, chapter outlines, keyword essays, a glossary, bibliography, subject index, and 400 discussion questions.
Historical Text and Translation
Anonymous, Aurea Catena Homeri. Frankfurt and Leipzig: Johann Georg Böhme, 1723. Traditionally attributed to Anton Joseph Kirchweger; the attribution remains uncertain. Historical diagrams from the Stiftung der Werke von C. G. Jung copy digitized by e-rara.
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