Antikrisis: A Short Rejoinder and Defense

...if someone were to see that contempt original: "contemtum" in the person speaking or writing those things, they might perhaps understand that the harshness of the words is a mere phantom. Currently, the reader does not see the face of the writer; he judges the mind only from the words. But more on these matters elsewhere: I must weave through the sequence of your writing at the right time and with diligence ἐπὶ καιρῷ, καὶ σπουδῇ The author uses Greek here to emphasize a scholarly sense of timing and earnest effort..

You say that many things have not yet been discovered, and many have perished. Therefore, will that Fraternity of the Rosy Cross Roſeæ Crucis Fraternitas The Rosicrucians, a mysterious secret society of doctors and sages rumored to possess ancient, lost knowledge and the ability to reform the world. give, restore, and recall them to us? If only it would happen soon! Meanwhile, let me attend to the judgment and assessment of Jean Bodin Johannis Bodini A 16th-century French jurist and philosopher known for his works on political theory and historical method. regarding this transformation of all things. He says that to anyone looking deeply into the matter, there can be no doubt that the inventions of our people, when compared with those of our ancestors, should for the most part be preferred. Nay, Guido Panciroli Pancirolus An Italian legal scholar who wrote a famous work comparing ancient inventions that were lost to modern ones that were newly discovered. truly judged that these changes mutationes happen by the will of God, the Best and Greatest. For since He has so ordained it that all things lying beneath the sphere of the Moon Lunæ globo In the traditional scientific view, the "sublunary" world—everything below the moon—was the realm of change, decay, and death, unlike the perfect and eternal heavens. should die, while others are born again in their place, He certainly willed that some species and arts artes In this context, "arts" refers to technical skills, crafts, or scientific knowledge. should no longer be found, while others are brought forth into the light anew. And this for the reason that, besides many other warnings, He might also by this means [remind us of] the end of this present life...