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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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Indiuiduorum vita consistit in rationali & strictâ materiæ & formæ vnione; vtriusque autem naturæ nodus, copula & basis in forti caloris siue ignis innati & humidi radicalis amplexu latet; ignis enim ille formalis est cælestis radius, qui humido radicali vnitur; istud autem est materiæ portio purissima & maximè digesta, ac veluti oleum per organa Naturæ, quasi per alembicos maximè defæcatum, exuberatum, & in naturam spiritualem quodammodo conuersum.

English

The life of individuals consists in a proportionate and close union of matter and form. The knot, bond and foundation of the two natures lie hidden in the strong embrace of heat or innate fire and radical moisture. That formal fire is a heavenly ray united to radical moisture. The latter is the purest and most thoroughly digested portion of matter, like an oil most fully clarified and enriched through Nature’s organs as through alembics, and in a certain way converted into a spiritual nature.

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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