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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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In hâc regione sublunari ex defectu proportionis aut temperamenti Elementorum, siue ratione quantitatis, siue qualitatum, ex nimiâ scilicet intensione aut remissione, morbida laborat Natura, & fit cacophonia in musica naturali, & discrasia in corporibus: Sublatâ itaque illâ Elementorum consonantiâ, quæ ex proportione resultat, & temperamentum constituit, materia & forma totius mixti malè cohærent: perturbatur Natura & confusione perplexa titubat; vnde morbi & tandem mors inordinatam & labantem Naturam inuadunt.

English

In this sublunary region, Nature suffers sickness through a defect of proportion or balance among the Elements, whether in quantity or in qualities—that is, through excessive intensity or relaxation. Discord arises in natural music, and an ill mixture in bodies. When that consonance of the Elements which results from proportion and constitutes balance is removed, the matter and form of the whole mixed body adhere poorly. Nature is disturbed and stumbles, entangled in confusion. Hence diseases, and finally death, invade disordered and faltering 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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