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Sal Lumen and Spiritus Mundi Philosophici
Clovis Hesteau de Nuysement · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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In the report of his coloured but non-transmuting material, Nuysement alleges that physicians’ avidity or envy obstructed the use of a remedy. The allegation is his polemical explanation, not independently established misconduct. The counterfactual claim about a cardinal’s possible recovery is expressly introduced by j’estime, “I believe” or “I judge.” That degree of assertion must remain distinct from the reported cases and from the result he actually denies: the hoped-for metallic metamorphosis did not occur. Claimed therapeutic promise, accusatory motive and unsuccessful transmutation therefore cannot be collapsed into one certified success story.
Places to read
- Book Two · Chapter 2 · Unit 9Greed/envy allegation and counterfactual cure belong to the author's polemic and belief.
Attested forms
avidité ou l'envie; j'estime