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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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Spiritus autem ille Vniuersi solaris quidem est, non tamen lux ipsa Solis nobis per corporis sui præsentiam conspicua, sed spiritus ille inuisibilis, qui à radijs solaribus per vniuersam ætheris plagam continuò spargitur, & per communicationem in cœlum nostrum, imò vsque ad terræ centrum etiam absente à nobis Sole, & nocte quâuis opacissimâ, se iugiter extendit, omnes ad generationem & vitam dotes necessarias conferens, ac per omnia vniuersi corpora se effundens.

English

This spirit of the Universe is indeed solar, but it is not the Sun’s light itself, visible to us through the presence of its body. It is the invisible spirit continually scattered by the solar rays throughout the whole region of ether. Through communication it extends constantly into our heaven and even to the centre of the earth, when the Sun is absent from us and in the darkest night, bestowing all gifts necessary for generation and life and pouring itself through all the bodies of the Universe.

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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