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The Summary of Physics Restored
A Fresh English Translation from the Complete 1653 Latin Enchiridion
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The 245 Canons · English
Latin
Primum Agens in mundo est Ignis Naturae, qui in globo Solari sedem habens calorem viuificum per eius radios in vniuersum Naturae imperium diffundit, secum actus potentiam seminibus insinuans, principiumque motus & actionis in illis statuens, quo remoto cessat omnis motus, actionis & vitae facultas.
English
The first Agent in the world is Nature’s Fire. Having its seat in the Solar globe, it diffuses life-giving heat through the Sun’s rays into Nature’s entire dominion, conveying with itself the capacity for activity into seeds and establishing in them the principle of motion and action. When this is removed, every capacity for motion, action and life ceases.
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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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