Concerning the three principles of the divine essence / by Jacob Boehme, translated by John Sparrow, revised by C. J. B., with an introduction by Dr Paul Deussen, Professor of Philosophy in the University of Kiel.
- Jakob Böhme
- Date:
- 1910
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Concerning the three principles of the divine essence / by Jacob Boehme, translated by John Sparrow, revised by C. J. B., with an introduction by Dr Paul Deussen, Professor of Philosophy in the University of Kiel. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![CONTENTS OHAP. Introduction 1. Of the first Principle of the divine essence 2. Of the first and second Principles. What God and the divine nature are: wherein is set down a further description of the Sulphur and Mercurius 3. Of the endless and numberless manifold engendering, [generating] or birth of the eternal nature . 4. Of the true eternal nature, that is, of the numberless and endless generating of the birth of the eternal essence, which is the essence of all essences; out of which was generated, born, and at length created, this world, with the stars and elements, and all whatsoever moveth, stirreth, or liveth therein ........ Of the third Principle, or creation of the material world, with the stars and elements; wherein the first and second Principles are more clearly under- stood ......... 6. Of the separation in the creation, in the third Principle ........ 7. Of the heaven, and its eternal birth and essence, and how the four elements are generated ; wherein the eternal band may be the more and the better PAGE XXXV 1 10 19 29 64 79](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24867585_0033.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
