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human industry, aided by
nature, finds a
way by some means—
particularly with the
most noble Chemistry Chemistry: in the 17th century, "Chimica" encompassed both the practical science of substances and the philosophical traditions of alchemy—
to unite and pacify them
together; nevertheless, I
find some things that
are not physical bodies, whether
simple or compound, and which
to the crude masses crass vulgar: from the Italian "crasso volgo," referring to the uneducated public who lack the discernment of scholars or nobility
seem compatible together,
in such a way that for
the most part they mistake one
for the other; and yet I
find no way, nor do I know
of any means to unite them
together, being in truth
entirely diverse and incom-
patible one from another,
and these are three pairs,
namely truth and false-
hood, original: "bu-gia," completed by the catchword "gia"