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Attributed to Jean d’Espagnet

The Summary of Physics Restored

A Fresh English Translation from the Complete 1653 Latin Enchiridion

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The 245 Canons · Latin

Latin

Deus triplicem divinitatis suae imaginem in Sole expressit, primam in Unitate; neque enim Solem multiplicem Natura, sicut nec Deorum pluralitatem Divinitas patitur, ut sic ab uno fluant omnia. Secundam in Trinitate, seu triplici munere; Sol enim tanquam Dei vicarius omnia naturae beneficia distribuit per lucem, motum & calorem, inde vita, quae supremus & perfectissimus est in Mundo nostro Naturae actus, ultra quem progressus non fit, sed regressus: A luce autem & motu calor procedit, sicut tertia à prima & secunda Trinitatis persona. Postremò Deus qui est lux aeterna, infinita & incomprehensibilis, per solam lucem seipsum exprimere & Mundo exhibere potuit. Nemo itaque miretur, cur Sol aeternus praestantissimam suiipsius imaginem, cuius ipse sculptor fuit, Solem caelestem tantis dotibus decoraverit; in eo enim tabernaculum suum posuit.

English

God expressed a threefold image of his divinity in the sun. The first is in unity: nature permits no multiplicity of suns, just as divinity permits no plurality of gods, so that all things flow from one. The second is in trinity, or a threefold office: as God's deputy the sun distributes all nature's benefits through light, motion and heat. From these comes life, nature's highest and most perfect act in our world, beyond which there is no advance but only a return. Heat proceeds from light and motion as the third person of the Trinity proceeds from the first and second. Lastly, God, who is eternal, infinite and incomprehensible light, could express himself and show himself to the world through light alone. Let no one therefore wonder why the eternal sun adorned the celestial sun, that most excellent image of himself which he himself fashioned, with such great gifts: for he set his tabernacle in it.

About This Reading Edition

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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