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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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Licèt Omnipotens, ut ei placuit, Mundum creaverit, imò in momento & solo nutu illum, si libuerit, è tenebris in lucem eduxerit; dixit enim & facta sunt omnia; ordo tamen creationis principiorum & Naturae successivae secundum prius & posterius, antequam natura creata esset, in mente divinâ descriptus erat, quem ordinem potiùs quàm ipsum creationis opus in suâ genesi exposuisse videtur sacer philosophus.

English

Although the Almighty created the world as he pleased, indeed may, if it pleased him, have brought it from darkness into light in a moment and by a mere nod—for he spoke and all things were made—nevertheless the order of the creation of principles and of successive nature, according to before and after, was delineated in the divine mind before nature was created. The sacred philosopher seems to have expounded that order in his Genesis rather than the work of creation itself.

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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