Punctuation in Translation
I made 16 Punctuation in Translation paintings, each one of a different translation of Book 10.17 spanning the time period 1634 to 2006.
For each painting I copied the punctuation marks found in each translation, painting the marks to conform with the lines printed in the book of that translation.
XIX. Ever to represent unto thyself; and to set before thee, both the general age and time of the world, and the whole substance of it. And how all things particular in respect of these are for their substance, as one of the least seeds that is: and for their duration, as the turning of the pestle in the mortar once about. - Meric Casaubon, 1634
XVII. Take the whole Bulk of Matter, and all the Extent of Time frequently into your Thoughts : and then consider that all particular Bodies are but a Grain in the Proportion of Substance, and but the turning of a Wimble in respect of Time. - Jeremy Collier, 1701
17. Frequently represent to your imagination the whole of time, and the whole of substance: And that every individual thing is, in substance, as a grain of millet; and, in duration, as a turn of a wimble. Francis Hutcheson and James Moor, 1742
19. Let the eternity of duration, and the immensity of substance be objects always in view; and that any particular being compared to the whole immensity of substance, is but like a grain of sand, and its duration, to eternity, but as the twinkling of an eye. James Thomson, 1747
17. Represent to your imagination the whole extent of time, and the whole mass of the material world; and you will perceive, that all individual bodies are but as the grain of a fig, as to its substance, and as the turning of an auger, in respect to its duration. R. Graves, 1792
17. Constantly contemplate the whole of time and the whole of substance, and consider that all individual things as to substance are a seed of a fig, and as to time, the turning of a gimlet. George Long, 1862
17. Embrace in your regard all time and all being – and see that by the side of being, all individual things are but a grain of millet, by that of time as the turn of a screw. Gerald H. Rendall, 1898
17. Let thy thoughts ever run on universal time and universal substance, and remember that all individual things are in substance as a fig-seed, in time as the turning of an auger! John Jackson, 1906
17. Continually picture to thyself Time as a whole, and Substance as a whole, and every individual thing, in respect of substance, as but a fig-seed and, in respect to time, as but a twist of the drill. C.R. Haines, 1915
17. Let your imagination dwell continually upon the whole of Time and the whole of Substance, and realize that their several parts are, by comparison with Substance, a fig-seed; by comparison with Time, the turn of a gimlet. A. S. L. Farquharson, 1944
17. Let your mind constantly dwell on all Time and all Being, and thus learn that each separate thing is but as a grain of sand in comparison with Being, and as a single screw’s-turn in comparison with Time. Maxwell Staniforth, 1964
17. Let the whole of time and the whole of substance be continuously present to your mind, and that individual things are, as to substance, like a fig seed, and as to duration, like the twist of a gimlet. G.M.A. Grube, 1983
17. Continually picture to yourself the whole of time and the whole of substance, and reflect that every particular part of them, when measured against substance overall, is but a fig-seed, and when measured against time, but the single turn of a drill. Robin Hard, 1997
17. Continual awareness of all time and space, of the size and life span of the things around us. A grape seed in infinite space. A half twist of a corkscrew against eternity. Gregory Hays, 2002
17. Strive continually to imagine time eternal and space infinite. en tell yourself that a planet in space is but a fig seed; an epoch in time like the twist of a tendril. Scot Hicks & David V. Hicks, 2002
17. Keep constantly in your mind an impression of the whole of time and the whole of existence - and the thought that each individual thing is, on the scale of existence, a mere fig-seed; on the scale of time, one turn of a drill. Martin Hammond, 2006
17. Always be aware of time-in-itself and of the whole of space. Consider each individual thing as but a winged maple seed; its duration only one brief turning in air. - Janice Gurney, 2009
Sixteen Translations, Book 10.17 (2022), Digital colour print