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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Mundus ambiguæ naturæ quasi animal est, vtroque sexu enim pollet; pars superior, cælestis nempe, actiua & masculina; hæc inferior elementaris passiua & fœminina est: Terræ globus vterus est, quo prolificum Cœli semen excipitur & fouetur: à parte masculi vita & robur effluunt, à parte fœminæ corruptio & mors in generata prorumpunt.

English

The World is like an animal of double nature, for it possesses both sexes. Its upper, heavenly part is active and masculine; this lower, elemental part is passive and feminine. The globe of the Earth is the womb in which Heaven’s fruitful seed is received and fostered. From the male side flow life and strength; from the female side corruption and death break forth into generated things.

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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