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Secrets of the Art
Revealed
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7. the easiest
Seven: This
Art is the easiest
My Son,
something is easy if the memory remembers it easily, the
intellect understands it easily, if it is easily desired
by the will and accomplished by power, and I promise all
these things about my Art. Memory easily remembers
whatever is most orderly, the intellect easily
understands whatever is most clear and most intelligible,
the will easily desires whatever is most lovable, power
most easily executes whatever is most possible.
The Pupil:
This has been questioned, my Father, please explain
what these things are.
The
Teacher: Nothing more nor less than the Circle, the
Triangle and the Square.(Arb. Scient. de ram. Arb. elem.
fol. mihi 16. de flor. Arb. sens. f. 72. de fol. Arb.
coel. f. 251. in Arte Comp. Med. cap. de sexta fig. in
Lib. de Astron. p. 2. cap. de 12 sig. et in Pract. Test.
cap. 5.6.&seq.) dealt with in many of my books, in
these three figures, the entire secret of my Art is
contained; what could be easier for the memory to
remember, for the intellect to understand and for the
will to desire than these three figures? Therefore,
commit them to your memory, understand them, love them,
and learn to make these figures operational, and you will
find all of my Art very easy. "Now if you have
excellent understanding with a foundation in Logic and
Natural Science, and if you are diligent, you will
be able to learn it in two months, one month for theory
and another month for practice. (Ars Generalis Ultima p.
13.). What could be easier?
The Pupil:
Certainly, but what do you mean by a foundation in Logic
and Natural science?
The Teacher:
This means to understand the three said figures.
The Pupil:
Now I know what I do not know.
The teacher:
You do not know this now, but you will soon learn it in
Chapter 3.
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