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The Second Wisdom is retained by those who use it, and by applying a giver to it, it may be confirmed. But that [matter] The numeral '3' appears frequently in this hand, likely as a shorthand for 'etcetera' or 'triplicity'. should not be mixed with others.
See: Aristotle
Which is to say, not that it is in all things, but certain things are affirmed and changed. But because, according to Porphyry original: "Porphyrium"; a Neoplatonist philosopher whose works on logic and nature were foundational to medieval science, it is held moderately over the fire. Thus, the mixed gift should not exalt the spirit spiritus: the volatile or gaseous part of the alchemical substance in any other way.
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It must be noted that they have joy through this; he is called the lord of the day, and otherwise for the one who [works] through the Sun. Thus all philosophers, including Plato, have desired, as is clear. Aristotle, in the second book of On the Heavens, [says]: not concerning grace... above the Sun if it were for such, and above the Moon; if it were for the Moon, then after that, the Sun must be placed over the Moon, and then the work proceeds better. [Then] above Venus, and so with the rest. And Plato says that all philosophers have embraced this method. But according to him, the moment is revealed to the spirit; and this is why wisdom is changed toward perfection, that it may be born through nature to the desired end by the grace of God.
Indicate, moreover, that which I speak; and let them understand that the words are mine. I promise that where he wishes, he is not bound to remain in my pit original: "in puteum meum"; likely a metaphor for a narrow or deep, hidden understanding. He himself was able, and could reveal this touch, because this is the final deed that God would build. And then they moved their ages and possessed nature. Because when that famous gift was made, let him note in my days that which was desired in vegetables vegetalibus: refers to plant-based substances or the "vegetative" principle of growth and life within the Stone, which recognition does not merit, nor have the philosophers perceived it from others. But we have the method and the property—namely, recognition in the essence—and let him not live to recognize ✳