Anima Magica Abscondita

I always understood that it was not just one person, but many, in whose opinion that miracle original: "miracle"; likely referring to the author's profound intellect or a specific controversial work suffered. It is the fate of profound writers to be misunderstood because of their obscurity. Thus, the spots in the moon are seen by some men as earth, but it is more probable that they are water. There is no day so clear that there are no dregs original: "Lees"; sediment or clouds toward the horizon; likewise, inferior wits, when they reflect on higher intellects, leave a mist in their beams. Had he lived in ignorance, as most people do, he might have passed away like the clouds of last year, without any further remembrance. But as I believe the truth is a main branch of that purpose for which I was born, I hold it my duty to vindicate him from whom I have received it. Since the world was not able to confute this man’s principles by reason, they attempted to do it by scandal. The first argument they fastened upon him was the same one the Jews used against his Savior: “You are a Samaritan, and have a devil.” John 8:48; a biblical reference used to show how innovators and truth-tellers are often slandered as heretics or madmen. The chief in