Silence After the Clamors

for novelty. Indeed, there are many heartfelt and grand things hidden in the middle of the earth, as in its center, as well as in the clefts and caves of the mountains, in the depths of the sea, and in great waters. Because these things cannot be obtained so easily and in great quantity, they are held in high and precious value; however, if they were found easily, as sand by the sea, they would likewise be considered of equal value and held in low esteem.

It is, however, the duty of a diligent philosopher and student of nature to research not only that which is pursued by the common, ignorant populace, but much more the other mysteries hidden in nature, whether they be difficult or easy to understand. But who has ever, up to the present time, sufficiently fathomed the nature and properties of man, that is, both his body and his mind? Therefore, the anatomici anatomists and medici physicians have brought forth something new every hundred years, such that, as far as the body is concerned, it could never be fully