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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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Non tantùm per corporis lucidi & radiorum præsentiam, sed etiam absente corpore & radijs subtractis, à spiritu luminoso ab illis exeunte aër eminus lumine inficitur; vt patet in maximâ Solis eclipsi, aut cælo densissimis nubibus, vel etiam noctis tenebris obducto; necnon Sole sub horizonte immerso: neque enim actus ille luminis præsentis, corpore lucido radiísque absentibus, aliunde proficiscitur, quàm à spiritualis luminis accessu & præsentiâ.

English

The air is imbued with radiance from afar not only through the presence of a luminous body and its rays, but also when the body is absent and the rays withdrawn, through the luminous spirit issuing from them. This is evident in a great eclipse of the Sun, when the sky is covered with very dense clouds or even the darkness of night, and when the Sun has sunk below the horizon. For that activity of present radiance, when the luminous body and its rays are absent, proceeds from nothing other than the approach and presence of spiritual radiance.

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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