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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

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Humiditas magis propria est aquae, quàm frigiditas, quia magis rara & luminosa est Aqua, quam Terra; at quae maiorem cum lumine participationem habent, magis à frigido recedunt: rariora verò corpora lumini viciniora sunt. Aqua humiditatis symbolum à materiâ primâ & Abysso retinuit; sicuti terra frigiditatem: Densiores enim partes in duas illas affines naturas Spiritus mundi Architectonicus divisit.

English

Moistness is more proper to water than coldness, because water is rarer and more luminous than earth. Things that participate more fully in light depart further from cold, and rarer bodies are nearer to light. Water retained its mark of moistness from first matter and the abyss, just as earth retained coldness. For the world-building spirit divided the denser parts into those two related natures.

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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