The Human Images, etc.

This follows as there are so many rays of the Moon that fall onto the surface of Water and elsewhere, that one can imagine countless points to exist. Thus, those provide the means for people to perceive each point completely and also no more than individually; it would be as if the rising waters created new surfaces; and then it may happen that one sees more than one, just as the lenses that are cut with many surfaces let us see a single object multiple times. This is briefly the working and manner of seeing, to make it more understandable than the other five senses, as we cannot allow ourselves to focus on all particular things. We then proceed to another thought, concerning the Soul and the Body; and relate it to Human studies.

It is indeed an important piece, where all sharper minds find themselves puzzled; clearly demonstrating how a material Body with an immaterial thinking Spirit can work together and influence each other; we commonly say that the Soul acquires knowledge from the five senses immediately; yet that does not remove a bit of the difficulty; as it is incomprehensible, how it works immediately on something, or acts upon one another. All differing Feelings regarding this matter we do not intend to touch; although we are not ashamed to say how we understand the matter. Those who know better may teach us, and we shall owe it to them gratefully. Some, for not easily clarifying things to fly away in the Soul, have...

Translation Notes

• 'Mensch-kunde' is translated as 'Human studies' instead of anthropology.
• The term 'Geest' is translated to 'Spirit' to reflect the philosophical context.