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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Solem autem quasi lampadem immortalem in medio aulæ summi Principis suspensam, omnes eius angulos & recessus irradiantem; aut tanquam diuinæ Maiestatis vicarium omnibus vniuersi creaturis lucem, spiritum ac vitam infundentem quis non venerabitur? Æquum enim erat Deum à materia remotissimum materialia sua opera per organum quasi medium aliquod materiale præstantissimum, ac spiritu viuifico refertissimum tractare & regere, sensibilibusque creaturis & populis sensibilem etiam Monarcham præficere.

English

Who would not revere the Sun as an immortal lamp suspended in the middle of the supreme Prince’s hall, illuminating all its corners and recesses? Or as the deputy of divine Majesty, pouring light, spirit and life into every creature of the Universe? For it was fitting that God, most remote from matter, should handle and govern his material works through an instrument, a most excellent material intermediary filled with life-giving spirit, and set a perceptible Monarch over perceptible creatures and peoples.

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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