Silence After the Clamors

learned man to be considered, in comparison to nature, as a small drop and as nothing at all, yet it still holds a great advantage and prestige compared to the unlearned populace. From this, we can easily surmise that much greater mysteries are hidden in the treasures of nature than have ever become known to man. However, no one should assume that, for this reason, all hidden things must necessarily be revealed, or that the arts must be brought to such perfection that absolutely nothing remains to be discovered and brought to light. Or, that the circles of nature are linked in such a way that one hangs upon the other like a chain, and would not be completed until the end of the world.

There are corpora bodies/material substances in this world that are natural, outside of which nothing particularly noteworthy can be found unless it is entirely spiritual and divine. The art, however, which is subordinate to nature, is accustomed to following in nature’s footsteps in many things, and indeed, at times, to correct its errors and deviations, and to lead it onto the right path, yet it creates nothing new in the