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The Sophic Hydrolith, Water Stone of the Wise
Anonymous and companion authors · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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The main introduction lists Morienes, and Part Three attributes to him the saying that whoever has the Stone has everything and needs no other help. Its stated scope is temporal happiness, bodily health and good fortune. The Nature dialogue separately names Morienus Romanus among authorities said to approve Nature’s art and reject the sophists. The aligned English regularizes the shorter German designation to Morienus and translates the Roman epithet. These links justify a common retrieval record, but do not supply a biography or prove that the quotation has been independently checked against a separate work. The distinction between quoted praise and the narrator’s own testimony remains important.
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- Opening explanation · unit 6A named member of the catalogue of alleged possessors of the art.
- Part III: benefits and their rank · unit 2Named speaker of the claim that possessing the stone gives everything and needs no other help.
- Nature’s Demonstration to the Erring Alchemist · unit 10Nature places him in her approving philosophical lineage.
Attested forms
Morienes; Morienus Romanus