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The Sophic Hydrolith, Water Stone of the Wise
Anonymous and companion authors · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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Foundation is the secure understanding that readers try to draw from veiled philosophical books in Opening explanation · unit 4; in Opening explanation · unit 7 it is paired with Nature's wellspring as the source from which the true philosophers draw proof and knowledge. The paired images are structural and flowing: knowledge needs both a sound basis and an authentic source. The English 'draw' appropriately preserves the wellspring's force. Their opposite is not mere ignorance but fraudulent use of genuine writings as a cover for deception. This local foundation is epistemic and natural, distinct from the explicitly Christological cornerstone developed later.
Places to read
- Opening explanation · unit 4Few readers can draw a sound and certain foundation from the writings.
- Opening explanation · unit 7True knowledge is drawn from nature's ground and spring.
Attested forms
grund; Grundt; Brunquell der Natur