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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Formæ specificæ Idealis Archetypi caractere à die antiquæ creationis in primis indiuiduis signatæ sunt, diuinumque illud & indelebile signaculum ad posteros ope generationis traduci iussit creator, vt per successiuam indiuiduorum surrogationem immortalitatis beneficium speciebus largiretur.

English

The forms belonging to each species were marked in the first individuals with the character of the ideal Archetype from the day of the ancient Creation. The Creator ordained that this divine and indelible seal should be conveyed to their descendants through generation, so that, through the successive replacement of individuals, he might bestow the gift of immortality upon species.

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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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