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Ars Brevis
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1. The Alphabet
Part 1
The Alphabet
of this Art
The alphabet
is included in this Art to enable us to make figures, mix principles and
rules, and investigate the truth. By using single letters to stand for
many things, the intellect is opened to a broader range of meanings and
better equipped to build science. This alphabet must be known by heart,
without which the artist cannot make good use of this Art.
THE ALPHABET
B. stands
for goodness, difference, whether? God, justice, avarice
C. stands
for greatness, concordance, what? angels, prudence, gluttony
D. stands
for duration, contrariety, of what? heaven, fortitude, lust
E. stands
for power, beginning, why? man, temperance, conceit
F. stands
for wisdom, middle, how much? imagination, faith, accidy
G. stands
for will, end, what quality? senses, hope, envy
H. stands
for virtue, majority, when? vegetation, charity, wrath
I. stands
for truth, equality, where? elements, patience, lies
K. stands
for glory, minority, how and with what? the instrumentative, compassion,
inconstancy

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