Rational Psychology

DEDICATION

...to gaze upon with a reverent mind? Therefore, MOST SERENE PRINCE, I have no doubt in bringing before Your sight that part of philosophy original: "philosophiae"; here referring to the study of the soul which passes down such sublime truths. For the Supreme Arbiter original: "Summus rerum arbiter"; a reference to God as the judge and ruler of the universe of all things has granted to YOUR SERENITY such sublime gifts of mind, and has commanded that the form of your body be such a companion to them that it does not allow your lofty spirit to remain hidden from those who behold you, so that they are immediately swept away in reverent admiration. Truly, nothing so sublime is given by Nature original: "Natura" that you do not increase, amplify, and perfect through your own industriousness, so that even now in your still tender youth, you provide unmistakable evidence of those virtues original: "virtutum",