O comfortable allurement, O ravishing persuasion to deal with a science whose subject is so ancient,
O comfortable allurement, O ravishing persuasion to deal with a science whose subject is so ancient, so pure, so excellent, so surrounding all creatures, so used of the almighty and incomprehensible wisdom of the Creator, in distinct creation of all creatures: in all their distinct parts, properties, natures, and virtues, by order, and most absolute number, brought from nothing to the formality of their being and state.John Dee -- source link
#quotes#science#ancient#creation#creator#number#john dee