Atalanta Fugiens · Emblem XXXVIII
Rebis, ut Hermaphroditus, nascitur ex duobus montibus, Mercurii et Veneris.
The Rebis, like Hermaphroditus, is born of two mountains, of Mercury and of Venus.
Emblem XXXVIII
The Rebis, the "two-thing," is one being made of two. It is the product of the union, not a compromise between the parts.
A question to carry
What third thing could come from two things you keep choosing between?
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Michael Maier's Atalanta Fugiens (1618), with the Latin motto, a translation and a reading for each plate.
Engraving in the public domain.