Jean Albert Belin Les avantures du philosophe inconnu, en la recherche et en l’invention de la pierre philosophale. Divisées en quatre livres… Paris, 1646. Transcribed by Sean Brooks from the translation in British Library MS. Sloane 3641. The first discourse of philosophy to the unknown philosopher which declares the nature of the stone, its effects, its excellencies with its possibility and essences. Borellus says this author was one Belinus, an abbot. My Son, Many seek the Stone and know not what it is. The definitions which I know they give of it doe furnish me with matter of laughter and compassion. To explain the effects of a thing is not to define it, one must declare the nature which produces those effects. That I […] Read More
