N. 3 - 21 aprile 2001 - Giano Bifronte

[Episteme is sorry that, due to the poor quality of the printed copies
taken from the microfilm of the original book in British Museum,
London, and the consequent difficulties in the scanning operation, it has
been possible to present to the readers in this number 3 only but the
Preface and the Table of Contents of the remarkable work by John
Cook, in place of the more exhaustive selection that was originally
planned].
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Clavis Naturae: or, the Mystery of Philosophy Unvail'd
In a DISCOURSE shewing The prime and efficient Physical Cause
of all the Phaenomena of Nature, and singular Motions in the whole
Universe, by which the Knowledge of Natural Philosophy is
render'd obvious and easy,
and the Sum of the Whole is reduc'd to one single Point
(John Cook)
Felix qui potuit Rerum cognoscere Causas.
...ruit arduus Ether.
Virg. Georg. Lib. I & II
THE
PREFACE
TO THE
READER
ALTHO' it is not always necessary to write Prefaces to such small
Discourses, yet the Oddness of the Subject treated of in This, gives me a
special Demand for so doing: both to prevent interrupting the Thread of
my following Treatise, by mentioning there what becomes this Place
much better; and likewise to describe, in one View, the various Tempers
and Dispositions of all those Readers in whose Hands this Book may
chance to happen: and, Lastly, to say somewhat in respect to myself, by
way of my Design in writing this; and Excuse for any Mistake or Error
that may perhaps be found therein.
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