Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              cendit, aut ſi impetu cogatur, celeriter deſ­
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              cendit. </s>
              <s id="s.001091">Cùm igitur lentè deſcendant quæ­
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              dam, non ex ſolo aëre illæ conſtant. </s>
              <s id="s.001092">Ergo
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              quòd non ſit in lapide ignis conceptus, re­
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              ctè dixit Alexander: vret enim ignis lapi­
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              dem, & rurſus lapis tangentis manum,
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              & facilè accenderetur, & alimento indige­
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              ret, & duobus lapidibus concuſſis ſimul fa­
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              cilè elideretur, vt duobus chalcedoniis, at­
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              tritus enim ſufficeret ad elidendum ignem:
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              quorum nullum cum verum ſit, liquidò con­
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              ſtat ignem in lapide non contineri. </s>
              <s id="s.001093">Sed nec
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              rurſus ( vt dixi
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              ex aëre generantur: nam
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              lapides vt duriores ſunt, indigent maiore
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              percuſſione vt ignis generetur. </s>
              <s id="s.001094">Ergo ſi ſo­
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              lùm ſufficeret aërem repentè concuti ex tali
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              ictu, qualis eſt is quo è chalybe, & chry­
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              ſtallo ignis excutitur, ex duobus chalybis
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              fruſtis poſſet ignis generari: at non eſt ſic,
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              ſed, ( vt dixi
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              duriora vehementiores ictus
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              expoſcunt, ignémque creant ſolidiorem ac
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              viuaciorem, vt cuius quandoque ſcintilla
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              non paruo maneat tempore. </s>
              <s id="s.001095">Quinetiam qui­
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              dam ſunt lapides vitrei ac molles, qui leuiſ­
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              ſimis ictibus, vel ſolùm tacti, ignem, ſed
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              minimè viuacem, edunt. </s>
              <s id="s.001096">Indicium verò
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              certum eſt ex lapidis ſubſtantia ignem ge­
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              nerari, quòd ſine illius attritione nunquam
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              eliditur: aër etiam
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              (
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              vt diximus) in flam­
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              mam, non ſcintillas, vertitur. </s>
              <s id="s.001097">Quinetiam
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              molæ circumactæ, cùm aqua non aëre ob­
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              ductæ ſint, ignem tamen emittunt: lapides
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              etiam ipſi non niſi ex angulis. </s>
              <s id="s.001098">Itaque non
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              in lapidibus abditus latet ignis, nec concuſ­
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              ſo aëre ex aëre generantur. </s>
              <s id="s.001099">Sed nec quòd in
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              illis potentia ſit ignis, vllum certum eſt in­
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              dicium: vix enim in ignem proiecti accen­
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              duntur, nec à frigido vnquam inflamman­
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              tur, & epoti ſtrenuè refrigerant. </s>
              <s id="s.001100">Quare ma­
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              nifeſtum eſt, ex attritione lapidis ad tenuiſ­
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              ſimas partes illius ſubſtantia redacta, ignem
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              generari, eſſéque huius materiam, vel il­
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              lius ad hoc aptiorem. </s>
              <s id="s.001101">Namque puriores ac
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              non parum duri, ac tenui ſubſtantia con­
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              ſtantes, vt chalcedonij, chryſtalli, atque
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              huiuſcemodi, aptiſſimi ſunt: contrà fragi­
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              les, aut præduri, aut craſſa conſtantes ſub­
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              ſtantia, minimè apti. </s>
              <s id="s.001102">Sic etiam ex ſagittæ
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              motu plumbum liqueſcit: quoniam extre­
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              mæ partes, minimè angulorum, quæ tenuiſ­
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              ſimæ ſunt, atteruntur. </s>
              <s id="s.001103">Idem contingit in
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              longo motu, quòd in pluribus exiguis repe­
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              titis: velut cùm tabulæ gladium affricamus:
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              ſed hic eo vehementior attritio, quo id quod
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              ſuppoſitum eſt, etiam duritie ſua reſiſtit, vt
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              aër in medio compreſſus dum attenuatur at­
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              tenuat. </s>
              <s id="s.001104">Sed ad id vnde digreſſus eram, de
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              motu accendente calorem, reuerti opus eſt:
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              nam ex hoc omnia fermè pendêre videntur.
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              <s id="s.001105">Itaque ex aqua ignem vnquam accendi vi­
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              demus, ex aëre autem non niſi propagatio­
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              ne, non motu: & ſi humidorum aliquod
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              accenditur, vt oleum ac vinum, ab igne,
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              non non motu, inflammatur. </s>
              <s id="s.001106">Ergo quod
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              motu accenditur, ſiccum eſſe oportet, non
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              humidum: quod verò ab alio igne, etiam
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              humidum eſſe poteſt. </s>
              <s id="s.001107">Quòd igitur ſiccum
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              eſt ac vehementer, iam ex dimidio ignis
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              eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.001108">Eſt enim ( vt dixi ) ignis vehemens cali­
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              ditas ac ſiccitas. </s>
              <s id="s.001109">Indiget igitur hoc quod
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              ſiccum eſt, vt tantum incaleſcat: verùm
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              partis & totius eadem ratio eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.001110">Si enim in­
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              caleſcit motu vehementi, etiam vehemen­
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              ter incaleſcet. </s>
              <s id="s.001111">Cùm igitur ſiccum motu col­
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              liditur, vt rarum euadat ac tenuè neceſſe
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              eſt: at tenuis ſubſtantia & ſicca, ignea eſt.
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              <s id="s.001112">Vnaquæque enim materia ſub certa quan­
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              titate formam ad ſe rapit. </s>
              <s id="s.001113">Hoc ſolùm eſt igi­
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              tur bene dictum, quòd calor ille qui è ſyde­
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              bus miſtis ineſt ſiccæ iunctus materiæ, dum
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              motu nimis attenuatur non repugnante hu­
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              mido, quippe cùm ſiccam eam iam ſuppo­
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              ſuerimus, nec formà priore vt pote lapidis,
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              adeò ob tenuitatem debilitatæ, ne ſimul
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              qualitates lapidis adeſſent, abeſſet verò ſub­
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              ſtantia, ignis formam ſuſcipiunt calore
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              agente. </s>
              <s id="s.001114">Ergo hic modus coïtioni, quaſi con­
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              trarius eſt: in illo conſtante materia calor
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              cogitur, hîc ſub eodem calore materia ip­
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              ſa attenuatur. </s>
              <s id="s.001115">Indicio eſt hanc eſſe cau­
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              ſam, quòd aqua motu in aërem verti­
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              tur, vt quiſque vbi illæ cadunt magno im­
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              petu poteſt videre. </s>
              <s id="s.001116">Nam attenuata ſubſtan­
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              tia cùm humido iuncta ſit, aëris formam
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              induit.
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              Motus quo­
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              modo
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              & ignem ge­
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              neret.</s>
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              Auerroës in
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              paraphraſi
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              Metaphy.
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              <s id="s.001119">tract. 2.
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              col. </s>
              <s id="s.001120">2.</s>
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              Quomodo è
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              lapidibus ig­
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              nis excutia­
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              tur.</s>
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              Frigus nihil
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              eſt actu, ſed
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              ſola caloris
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              priuatio.</s>
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              <s id="s.001123">Verùm dubitabis, in frigido aëre ac ma­
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              teria, in qua iam frigus ſuperat, vt in lapi­
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              de, cur calor inſurgit, cùm frigus ſit poten­
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              tius? </s>
              <s id="s.001124">Reſpondeo, frigus ſi pro actu intelli­
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              gatur, nihil eſſe niſi calorem illum exiguum:
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              quod autem non eſt, nullas habet opera­
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              tiones. </s>
              <s id="s.001125">Ob id frigus non inſurgit, cùm ſola
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              priuatio quædam ſit, ſed calor, qui tamen
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              ad paucitatem ſubiectæ materiæ compara­
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              tus, magnus eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.001126">Indicio eſt frigus nihil om­
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              ninò eſſe præter caloris priuationem, ter­
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              tianarum rigor, in quo cùm nulla ſit mate­
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              ria frigida, ſed ſolius caloris fuga, frigus
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              tamen non leue ſentitur. </s>
              <s id="s.001127">Vbi ergo calor exi­
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              guus in materia pauca fuerit, ſeruatur. </s>
              <s id="s.001128">Ea­
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              dem ratione nec ſiccitas aliud eſt, quam hu­
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              midi priuatio. </s>
              <s id="s.001129">Quamobrem ſicca humectari
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              impoſſibile eſt, cum non ſit reditus ad ha­
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              bitum ex priuatione. </s>
              <s id="s.001130">Sed difficilius eſt hu­
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              mectare, quia humidum principium eſt ex
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              elemento, calor ex cœlo, quod ſemper dif­
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              fundit. </s>
              <s id="s.001131">Reſtaurantur igitur ſolis adiectis ma­
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              teriis. </s>
              <s id="s.001132">At infrigidare, aut ſiccare, faciliùs
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              conceditur, cùm impedimento conſtent hæ
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              mutationes. </s>
              <s id="s.001133">Iuſtè ætherem, & aquam prin­
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              cipium naturalium rerum antiqui poſuêre,
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              quòd in altero calor dominari exiſtimatur
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              in reliquo abundet humidum. </s>
              <s id="s.001134">Iuſtius aërem,
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              ſi ille calidus eſſet & humidus. </s>
              <s id="s.001135">Terram ne­
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              mo: nam ipſa frigida, ſiccáque eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.001136">Sed ca­
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              lida præter naturam difficilè refrigerantur,
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              motus enim conſeruat. </s>
              <s id="s.001137">Ergo difficilius
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              quæ natura talia ſunt, motus enim eo­
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              rum perpetuus. </s>
              <s id="s.001138">Verùm in aëre frigido
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              ſcintilla ignis illicò, ni ſuccurratur, extin­
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              guitur. </s>
              <s id="s.001139">Sed aër non poteſt prohibere gene­
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              rationem quæ intus fit, illo tantùm circum­
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              ambiente. </s>
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              Siccitas non
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              eſt niſi hu­
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              midi priua­
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              tio.</s>
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              <s id="s.001141">Verùm rurſus dices: ſi frigus nihil eſt
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              actu, ſed ſola caloris priuatio, quomodo
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              frigida refrigerant, vt calida calefaciunt?
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              <s id="s.001142">Frigus ſemper eſt cùm multa maria, im­
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              poſſibile verò tenuiſſimum aliquid eſſe fri­
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              gidum: multa materia impedit, nec ca­
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              lo penetrare poſſit neque moueri, quare hoc </s>
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