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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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Humidae Naturae volubilitatem non solum in generali Mundi, verum etiam in particulari, mixtorum harmoniâ licet obseruare: Per reuolutionem enim humidi illa generantur, nutriuntur & augentur: desiccando, humectando, & digerendo, quapropter tres illae Naturae operationes cibo, potui & somno comparantur, quia cibus sicco respondet, potus humido, somnus verò decoctioni.

English

The revolving movement of moist nature may be observed not only in the general harmony of the world, but also in the particular harmony of mixed bodies. Through the revolution of moisture they are generated, nourished, and increased: by drying, moistening, and digesting. Therefore those three operations of Nature are compared to food, drink, and sleep, because food corresponds to dryness, drink to moisture, and sleep to decoction.

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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