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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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Latin

Quatuor enim illa cùm propter repugnantes qualitates aeterna inter se odia exercere credantur, in mixtorum generatione adunari, nec placari possent, quin potiùs mutuo conflictu irruentia Naturae abortum, magis quàm partum procurarent, nisi aduersa ipsorum studia cuiusdam naturae quintae caelestis & temperantis beneficio in pacem & amorem flecterentur, quae calidi & frigidi, sicci & humidi expers temperamentum inducat.

English

For if those four are believed to wage an everlasting mutual hatred because of their conflicting qualities, they could neither be united nor reconciled in the generation of mixed bodies. Rather, rushing into mutual conflict, they would bring Nature a miscarriage instead of a birth, unless their opposed endeavours were turned towards peace and love through the benefit of a certain fifth nature, heavenly and tempering, which, itself free of heat and cold, dryness and moisture, would introduce a tempered balance.

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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