Antroposophia theomagica, das ist, eine Rede von der Natur des Menschen

...[striking] original: "-fenden"; likely the conclusion of a word such as "treffenden" (striking or impressive) from the previous page speeches, all the remaining antics would slip away and pile up as little as mercury does.

Next, their Aristotle is a poet in prose original: "ungebundener Rede"; literally "unbound speech"; his first principles are merely notions that depend more on our willingness to agree with them than on any solid foundation. Because of this, even those of his followers who have reached full maturity can extract nothing but empty knowledge from him. They consume this—just as he says Lycophron a Greek sophist and poet known for his flowery, excessive style used his ornamental words—not as seasoning, but as their primary food.

Therefore, it is better to imagine a battle in Don Quixote original: "Quixot" to observe what kind of brawls they have with him: one person accuses him of speaking rationally, another irrationally, and a third says he does both at once. Aquinas Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274), a dominant Scholastic philosopher and theologian attacks him gently. Scotus Duns Scotus (c. 1266–1308), a major Scholastic philosopher known for his complex logic turns him into a press-spindle original: "Preßspindel"; likely suggesting that Scotus twists Aristotle's logic as if by a mechanical screw, and he is trained like an ape to mimic all sorts of tricks.

When we look at his opponents, even the least among them has thrown him to the ground. Telesio Bernardino Telesio (1509–1588), an Italian philosopher who challenged Aristotelianism in favor of sensory observation has struck him on the head, and Campanella Tommaso Campanella (1568–1639), an Italian philosopher and scientist who criticized Aristotelian physics has almost completely destroyed him. Yet, because this bald-headed champion of the arena [his]... The text cuts off mid-sentence; the catchword indicates the next page begins with "skull" or "pate."