illusionibus

Updated: May 25, 2025

In that remarkable volume, M. Salverte proves that natural phenomena are more startling than necromantic tricks, and that, in the words of Roger Bacon, "non igitur oportet nos magicis illusionibus uti, cum potestas philosophica doceat operari quod sufficit."

Various - Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847