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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Connexae & ita correlatae inter se sunt tres istae Naturae operationes, vt finis vnius sit alterius initium, & ex ordine necessario per vices succedant secundum Naturae intentionem. Sic intertextae & concatenatae sunt vicissitudinis leges, vt in Vniuersi commodum conspirantes mutuas sibi praestent operas.

English

These three operations of Nature are so connected and related to one another that the end of one is the beginning of another; in a necessary order they succeed in turn according to Nature’s intention. Thus the laws of alternation are interwoven and linked together, working in concert for the universe’s benefit and lending one another mutual service.

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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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