Handbook of Restored Physics and the Secret Work of Hermetic Philosophy

...they have always been; I consider every accumulation of praise and glory to be unequal to the glory of such great philosophers. They themselves took up Philosophy Philosophiam: at this time, "Philosophy" encompassed all theoretical and natural science, including physics and metaphysics while it was still wailing in its cradle, and they increased its strength so far beyond its infancy that those sublime souls left behind for posterity scarcely any hope of striving further.

But the first age of a nascent and not-yet-matured Philosophy did not allow—even by the judgment of those masters themselves—for all the folds and meanders original: "sinus & mæandros"; a metaphor comparing the complexities of the natural world to the winding curves of a river or the hidden pockets of a garment of Nature to be fully explained, nor for her most hidden secrets to be perfectly and unerringly revealed. The fertile talents ingenia: the natural capacity, wit, or creative genius of a person of their successors have advanced these discoveries, brought to light what was hidden, refined what was rough, and provided support for what was confused.

In this way, through the centuries, the sciences original: "scientiæ"; referring to systematic bodies of knowledge have been carried forward into a mature age; thus a long series of years has added a summit to them, as far as has been permitted by the powers of human intellect until now. Perhaps there are more things still to be sought than are currently possessed. Let it referring to Philosophy or human knowledge not be worn down by old age, so that...