Die geheime Naturlehre der hermetischen Wissenschaft

-til the dregs are dry. The spirit is then separated from the oil and rectified purified and strengthened more and more. We will not mention the remaining errors of Pagesius.

This present treatise by Sendivogius contains two main sections: 1. On Nature. 2. On Art. For the duty of art is to make nature perfect. This cannot happen in any other way than through the imitation of nature. One must, however, first imitate the effects of nature before one explains the way and manner of the imitation.

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