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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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Naturam tamen causam secundam universalem, primae ancillantem, & tanquam instrumentum ab eâ motum, immediatè singula in Mundo materiali ex ordine movens, qui agnoverit, à Philosophorum & Theologorum mente non recedet, qui illam naturantem, hanc naturatam dixerunt.

English

Yet whoever recognises nature as a universal secondary cause, serving the first and, like an instrument moved by it, directly moving individual things in the material world in their proper order, will not depart from the understanding of philosophers and theologians. They called the former nature creating and the latter nature created.

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.