Freher — Paradoxes, Emblems & Enigmas, 18th-Century MS (1720) - Page 7

A circular calligram labeled '2.' with text forming the border. The words flow clockwise around the circle's edge.

It is not grasped except by Itself. It is sufficient for Itself alone: The One is the measure of its own vastness. It lacks nothing: The Point contains all things. It rests within itself. original: "Non capitur nisi a Se-ipso. Sibi Sufficit Uni: Unum immensi Mensura Sui. Nullius indiget: Continet Omnia Punctum. In Se Quiescit."

A second circular calligram labeled '3.' with text forming the border.

What you see is neither the One, nor the Center, nor the Point, nor the Whole. It is only an intelligible point a point understood by the mind rather than seen by the eyes. original: "Quod cernis nec Unum est, nec Centrum est, nec Punctum est, nec Totum est. Punctum Intelligibile tantum est."