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Monte Hermetis, Johann de · 1680

to prudence and discretion by the most formal engagements.
I have also promised myself to use much reserve in this writing, and to often wrap myself in a voile veil or allegorical covering that the most ordinary eyes will not always be able to pierce, especially since I sometimes speak of something entirely different from what I seem to be treating.
For the same reason, although I bring together under the same point of view a considerable number of different subjects, I have hardly shown the sketch of the vast picture that I could offer. Nevertheless, I say enough to give the majority of people cause for thought, without excepting those who enjoy the highest celebrity in matters of Science knowledge and learning.
But having as my only goal the good of man in general, and above all not wishing to give rise to discord among individuals, I do not directly attack any of the received Dogmas religious doctrines, nor any of the established Political Institutions. Even in my remarks on the Sciences and on different Systems, I have forbidden myself from
all catchword: "tout" (all/everything)