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Nine Books on the Nature of Things
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Book 9 · Signature · Passage 73
Source reference
- Latin witness
- 1605 p. 271
Latin
De his signatis praeter iam dicta multa adhuc recenseri possent. Sed cum illa, malas, damnosas & periculosas phantasias, Imaginationes, & superstitiones secum afferant, quae non infortunii tantum, sed etiam mortis caussa fieri possent: ea silentio transilimus. Revelari enim nobis prohibita sunt, cum ad arcanam scholam & potestatem divinam pertineant. Iam ergo libello huic colophonem imponamus.
English
Much more could be recounted about these signs beyond what has already been said. But since they bring with them evil, harmful and dangerous phantasies, imaginations and superstitions which could cause not only misfortune but death, we pass over them in silence. We are forbidden to reveal them, since they belong to the secret school and divine power. Let us therefore now bring this little book to its close.
Socrates
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The complete supplied Latin–English edition of the historical title, dedication and all nine books, with 363 separately labelled historical marginal notes, 117 modern annotations and the complete Diotimos study apparatus. The transmitted composite work is traditionally attributed to Paracelsus; individual authorship remains qualified.
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The normalized Latin follows the complete 1605 Frankfurt Palthenian witness, volume six, printed pages 198–271, in SUB Göttingen PPN578052199, historical scans 182–255. Earlier textual tradition is German; the individual translator of the 1605 Latin text is not identified. The dedication’s 1537 date is transmitted text, not an established date for the composite work.
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