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Heinrich Khunrath’s Magnesia Catholica Philosophorum
Heinrich Khunrath · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordAntimony exemplifies the difference between a specified Stone and the universal one.
- In KhunrathAntimony ore is then named among the page 34 candidates.
- In this editionKeep the source’s distinction between the general name and the explicitly named ore.
- A reading distinctionThe universal/specified contrast on pages 19–202 governs these examples, so the antimonial Stone is not a second universal alongside Magnesia’s Stone.
Meaning
Antimony exemplifies the difference between a specified Stone and the universal one. Page 20 allows an antimonial Stone from antimony, while denying universality to a product confined by its seed’s kind.
Use in the book
Antimony ore is then named among the page 34 candidates. The page 50 margin warns against confusing antimony or its preparations with the catholic subject. These are distinct assertions: particular work is acknowledged, universal identification refused.
Places to read
- 1599 p. 20The antimonial Stone exemplifies specified production.
- 1599 p. 34Antimony ore is a proposed universal candidate.
- 1599 p. 50 · margin2Antimony and preparations from it are included in the warning.
Translation in this edition
Keep the source’s distinction between the general name and the explicitly named ore. A modern pure-element identity is not required by the argument.
Source note
The universal/specified contrast on pages 19–202 governs these examples, so the antimonial Stone is not a second universal alongside Magnesia’s Stone.