The Hangman and the Reformation

In 15 23 argula von grumbach wrote a letter to the university of ingolstadt, remonstrating with the elogians for persecuting sehova. She sarcastically told them that a disputation is easily won when one argues with force, not scripture. In response, she delivered a line that might be invoked by any protestant explaining why they are delving into the affairs of the universities. Let us then from argula to the salad days of early modern science, as we leaf the reformation for now and address the work of heinrich cornelius agrippa von nettesheim on history of philosophy without any gas.