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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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Meræ etiam mixtorum naturæ spirituales sunt, corpora sunt earum cortices & tanquam testacea vasa; quibus illæ custodiuntur; neque aliter mare istud inferum transfretare, & in hoc abyssi centro hospitari potuissent sublimes illæ naturæ, nisi corporeis elementis alligatæ eorum pondere sisterentur: Illæ per corpora sentiuntur, corpora per illas mouentur, & agunt; sic mutuas sibi præstant operas. Homericæ Iunonis arcanum illud est, quam incudis pondere pedibus adiecto Iuppiter demisit.

English

The pure natures of mixed bodies are also spiritual. Their bodies are their rinds and, as it were, earthenware vessels in which they are kept. Those lofty natures could not otherwise have crossed this lower sea and lodged in this centre of the abyss unless, bound to bodily elements, they were held in place by their weight. They are perceived through bodies, while bodies are moved and act through them. Thus each renders service to the other. This is the secret of Homer’s Juno, whom Jupiter lowered with the weight of an anvil attached to her feet.

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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