Archidoxa ex Theophrastia : Pars I

Upon your principles, drawn from the marrow of nature, we shall resolve and explain the questions built upon them, illuminated by the natural light, divinely bestowed: and we shall establish the truths.

A woodcut portrait of Johannes Albertus Wimpineus at the age of 30, depicted in profile, enclosed within an oval frame decorated with architectural and floral motifs. An inscription in Latin surrounds the frame, identifying him as a physician and philosopher, and the motto "LABORE SCIENTIA VIRTUTE" (By Labor, Knowledge, and Virtue) appears at the base.

The sophists, always writhing in trepidation, and unwilling to listen to the voices of the wise, we neither fear nor care for: nor are we moved in the slightest by their ignorant contradictions, as we stand upon the rock of truth.