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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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Part Three

German & Latin

1619 pp. 50 · scans ER054

Wie dann auch die Philosophi solches selbst bekennen, daß sie durch diß die sieben freyen Künst erfunden, auch jhre nahrung vnnd vnderhaltung dardurch erworben vnd gehabt, welches jhnen dann Gott zu einem vortheil verliehen, auff daß sie an jhrem Studieren vnd der Weißheit nachzutrachten, vmb armuth willen, nicht verhindert würden. Beneben auch von den Reichen vnd Gottlosen dieser Welt, jhnen zu heuchlen, oder solche Kunst vnnd heimlichkeit vmb Gelds willen zu offenbahren, sie vnd jhre weißheit bettelley halben verspottet vnd verachtet wurden.

1619 pp. 50 · scans ER054

The Sophic Hydrolith: Part Three

1619 pp. 50 · scans ER054

The philosophers themselves also acknowledge that through it they discovered the seven liberal arts and acquired their food and livelihood. God granted them this advantage so that poverty would not hinder their studies and pursuit of wisdom. They would also be spared having to flatter the rich and godless of this world or reveal the art and secret for money, and having themselves and their wisdom mocked and despised on account of begging.

1619 pp. 50 · scans ER054

About This Reading Edition

The anonymous Water Stone of the Wise of 1619, with German text, a new English translation, 240 annotations, three companion treatises from the original volume, two separately identified responses of 1661, and the complete supplied study apparatus.

Historical Text and Translation

Anonymous, Wasserstein der Weysen. Frankfurt: Lucas Jennis, 1619. The governing e-rara copy belongs to the Stiftung der Werke von C. G. Jung, Zürich (DOI 10.3931/e-rara-8968). The work is traditionally attributed to Johann Siebmacher; this remains an attribution, not a name printed in the anonymous witness. The separately sourced First and Second Responses use the 1661 Wolfenbüttel witness, qun-642-1s, pp. 200–206.

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Rights

Historical texts printed in 1619 and 1661 are in the public domain. The supplied 2026 German reading text, new English translation, introduction, notes and complete study apparatus are published with the site owner’s authorization. The original triangle is credited to the Stiftung der Werke von C. G. Jung, Zürich, and e-rara, Public Domain Mark.