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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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Forma à sola seminis aut materiæ potentia & virtute non exit, quia rerum genesi cælestes virtutes influunt, quæ materiæ vires augent, multiplicant, & Naturæ quasi parturienti opem ferunt: Spiritui quoque formali & seminali materiæ insito, cuius etiam cælestis est origo, se insinuant, admiscent, & vires auxiliares conferunt.

English

Form does not emerge from the potentiality and power of the seed or matter alone. Heavenly powers flow into the coming-to-be of things, increasing and multiplying matter’s strength and bringing aid to Nature as though she were in labour. They also enter and mingle with the formative and seminal spirit implanted in matter, whose origin is likewise heavenly, and lend it their assisting powers.

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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The historical Latin text is a public-domain work. The supplied 2026 fresh English translation, readable Latin transcription and Diotimos editorial material are published with the site owner’s authorization.