A Compendious yet Complete Philosophical Handbook

...suffering neighbor, and to rescue him not only from the fearful sea of illness but also from the most bitter poverty povertyThe author emphasizes that alchemy provides both physical healing and material relief, fulfilling a charitable duty to the poor.. When one considers how much time is devoted from youth onward to Latin and other languages, and how long one spends on the common school-philosophy This refers to "Scholasticism," the traditional academic curriculum of the era which the author views as less practical or profound than alchemical study. and other disciplines, and yet refuses to spend a few years on the most secret and useful philosophy—wherein God and Nature are most fundamentally recognized—then I leave it to be considered whether such a choice can be justified. Yet, in this matter as well, man has his free will, for God desires nothing at all through compulsion; and with that, fare well!

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Vocabulary: Poverty, Latin languages, school-philosophy, disciplines, nature, free will