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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De Caelo illo primo, formali principio, non enunciatur fuisse inane, vacuum, & tenebris obsitum, quod satis indicat, Caelum illud imprimis expansum illicò luce distinctum fuisse à massâ tenebrosâ subiacentî, propter vicinitatem gloriae & Maiestatis Divinae, & praesentiam spiritus luminosi ab ipsâ fluentis.

English

Of that first heaven, the formal principle, it is not said that it was empty, void and covered in darkness. This sufficiently indicates that this heaven, first spread out, was immediately distinguished by light from the dark mass below it, because of its nearness to divine glory and majesty and the presence of the luminous spirit flowing from them.

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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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