The Summary of Physics Restored

Name: The Summary of Physics Restored
Author: Attributed to Jean d’Espagnet

A Fresh English Translation from the Complete 1653 Latin Enchiridion

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Quemadmodum Sol medius inter reliquos Planetas lumine suo illos irradiat, virtute implet, spiritu viuifico in vitae concentum conciliat: Ita spiritus Solaris in medio Naturae Elementaris illi lumen influit, ac in opere generationis Elementa congregat, vnit, ac viuificat.

English

Just as the Sun, standing midway among the other Planets, irradiates them with its light, fills them with power and brings them into life’s harmony through its life-giving spirit, so the Solar spirit in the midst of elemental Nature pours light into her and, in the work of generation, gathers, unites and quickens the Elements.

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The complete 1653 Enchiridion physicae restitutae, conventionally attributed to Jean d’Espagnet, with Latin and a fresh English translation, all 245 canons, the title and maxim, address to students, epigram, original marginalia, 140 modern annotations and the complete supplied Diotimos study apparatus.

Historical Text and Translation

Anonymous, Enchiridion physicae restitutae. Geneva: Jean-Antoine and Samuel de Tournes, 1653. ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Rar 4790; digitised by e-rara, doi:10.3931/e-rara-21407. Conventionally attributed to Jean d’Espagnet; the original title page is anonymous.

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