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The Sophic Hydrolith, Water Stone of the Wise
Anonymous and companion authors · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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The opening account credits a special divine influence, together with the light of nature, for the ancient investigators’ recognition that a hidden restorative good must exist. Influence here concerns the source of their insight and confidence in divine provision. It is not yet the detailed heavenly mediation by which Nature’s companion dialogue describes forms arising in matter. The English retains the additive construction, “and also through the light of nature”: neither source of recognition cancels the other. The claim is attributed to the treatise’s account of enlightened investigators, not offered as independent proof that their hoped-for medicine existed.
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- Opening explanation · unit 1Divine influence and natural light jointly explain the investigators’ recognition.
Attested forms
Göttlicher influentz