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Heinrich Khunrath’s Magnesia Catholica Philosophorum
Heinrich Khunrath · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordArsenic is a rival candidate on page 34 and is explicitly brought under the embryonic-material objection in the page 76 margin.
- In KhunrathThat margin also questions the corporeal running mercury someone supposes he separates, or might separate, from arsenic.
- In this editionThe historical name is not restricted here to a modern pure element or a single compound.
- A reading distinctionThe margin’s conditional wording distinguishes the claimant’s supposition from a flat report that Khunrath has established the product’s identity.
Meaning
Arsenic is a rival candidate on page 34 and is explicitly brought under the embryonic-material objection in the page 76 margin.
Use in the book
That margin also questions the corporeal running mercury someone supposes he separates, or might separate, from arsenic. The existence of an altered flowing product would not establish pri-material status. Orpiment is named separately alongside arsenic and should not disappear into this broader heading.
Places to read
- 1599 p. 34Arsenic is one proposed subject.
- 1599 p. 76 · marginArsenic, orpiment and a supposed arsenic-derived mercury fall under the same objection.
Translation in this edition
The historical name is not restricted here to a modern pure element or a single compound. No preparation is reconstructed.
Source note
The margin’s conditional wording distinguishes the claimant’s supposition from a flat report that Khunrath has established the product’s identity.