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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The 245 Canons · Canon 82

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Ignis ardentis regionem Lunari contiguam nemo sibi, nisi per somnium, fingat; tantae enim ignis intensissimi copiae sustinendae totus aër non sufficeret, quin universam Orbis molem dudum depraedatus fuisset; quicquid enim attingit praedo ille, statim depascitur, Mundi & Naturae exitio destinatus.

English

Let no one imagine a region of burning fire adjoining the lunar region, except in a dream. For all the air would not suffice to sustain so great an abundance of the most intense fire without its having long ago plundered the entire mass of the world. Whatever that robber touches, it immediately devours, destined for the destruction of the world and 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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