Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              denſiſſimum terra, mediocre aqua rariſſi­
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              mum aër: omniáque frigida. </s>
              <s id="s.014164">Sed aër, quod
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              rarus ſit, minùs frigidus eſſe videtur? </s>
              <s id="s.014165">iuxta
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              cœlum autem ob perpetuum motum rareſcit
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              mirum in modum, atque is æther vocatur,
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              adeò ob raritatem parùm frigidus, vt tempe­
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              ramento proximus ſit. </s>
              <s id="s.014166">Cœlum verò cùm ſit
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              æthere longè tenuius, temperatiſſimum eſt
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              aut ſimpliciter, aut inter omnia corpora. </s>
              <s id="s.014167">Si­
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              quidem ſimpliciter, æternum erit, vt Ariſto­
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              teles ſentit: ſi inter reliqua corpora ſolùm,
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              aliquando & ipſum finem habebit, vt legi
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              noſtræ placet, & nos de his in libris de Arca­
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              nis æternitatis diximus. </s>
              <s id="s.014168">Sed & lucem, & lu­
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              men calida eſſe, ſuperiùs docuimus. </s>
              <s id="s.014169">Subſtan­
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              tia igitur cœli tenuiſſima eſt: non autem tota
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              ſimiliter, ſed vt lux luce clarior, ita etiam
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              ſubſtantia tenuior. </s>
              <s id="s.014170">Propagantur autem quæ­
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              cunque non per ſe æterna ſunt, alia quidem
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              vt ſubſtantię, alia vt accidentia. </s>
              <s id="s.014171">Et rurſus, alia
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              verè ſimile ſibi generando atque idem, vt
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              equus equum: alia ſimile, ſed non idem, vt
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              lux lumen. </s>
              <s id="s.014172">Miſerta enim natura, quòd in ſin­
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              gulari perpetuum ſeruare nequit, generatio­
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              ne reparat. </s>
              <s id="s.014173">Sed poſtquam ſemel natum fue­
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              rit, ampliùs redire non poteſt: æternum enim
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              eſſet. </s>
              <s id="s.014174">Pars enim æternitatis, quæ rationem
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              habet, infinitum tempus continet: velut ſi in
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              centum annis ephemeris idem ſemper redi­
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              ret, par eſſet immortalibus. </s>
              <s id="s.014175">Sed tamen im­
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              mortalis non eſſet: æternitas enim quodlibet
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              tempus infinitum continet. </s>
              <s id="s.014176">Et quicquid infi­
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              nito multiplicatur, eſt infinitum. </s>
              <s id="s.014177">Sed & aliud
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              maius in his periculum, quoniam quod ge­
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              neratur, neceſſariò poteſt ex aliqua materia
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              generari:
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              ſi non poteſt ex vlla materia ge­
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              nerari, aut generabitur, quod generari non
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              poteſt ( repugnantiam autem hoc continet
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              )
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              aut abſque materia generabitur: non erit igi­
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              tur compoſitum. </s>
              <s id="s.014178">Materia igitur aliqua eſt, ex
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              qua generabitur, quod generari debet. </s>
              <s id="s.014179">Dum
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              igitur genitum eſt ac manet, potentia illa
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              deſiit, atque in actum tranſmutata eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.014180">Vel
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              igitur alia in eadem materia relicta eſt po­
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              tentia, atque ſic dum eſt, denuò poteſt gene­
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              rari, quod eſſe non poteſt: quod enim gene­
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              ratur, in eadem materia non eſt, vel in alia
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              materia, aut materiæ parte potentia illa reli­
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              cta eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.014181">Itaque tunc generetur: quod cùm iam
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              ſit, erunt iam duo illa vnum ex ſuppoſito, po­
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              teritque vnum tamen corrumpi, & alterum
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              manere, atque ita eſſe, & non eſſe, corrumpi,
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              & non corrumpi, vnúmque corpus in duobus
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              locis,
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              alia innumera perabſurda. </s>
              <s id="s.014182">Abſur­
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              dum eſt & illud, ſi iam corrupta potentia
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              poſtquam genitum eſt, in eadem redeat, poſt
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              corruptum ſit: erit enim potentia potentiæ:
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              nec niſi in eadem materia illud generari po­
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              terit, quod eſt
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              , cùm ad minimas
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              partes diſpergatur, & vt continua nunquam
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              in idem redeat: neque enim ſi talis eſſet, vbi
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              diſſolui poſſet. </s>
              <s id="s.014183">Itaque quod ſemel generatur,
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              vt ampliùs redeat, eſt impoſſibile. </s>
              <s id="s.014184">Sed non vt
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              ſimile. </s>
              <s id="s.014185">Horum igitur, quæ generantur, alia
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              ſerò, & parùm multiplicantur, vt animalia,
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              & plantæ: alia celerrimè, non tamen plurima
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              producunt, vt ignis: ſtatim enim ignis ignem
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              generat, atque ille alium: eóque modo ſi ma­
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              teria non deſit, in immenſum creſcit. </s>
              <s id="s.014186">Corpo­
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              ra igitur in infinitum propagantur, quia lo­
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              cus in orbe finitus eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.014187">Sed ſimplia celerius,
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              & inter compoſita quæcunque ſunt imperfe­
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              ctiora, vt muſcæ ac vermes: & inter ea, quæ
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              ſunt parentibus genita viliſſima quæque, vt
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              mures, & cuniculi: vnumquódque enim vt
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              perfectius eſt, eò minùs multiplicatur atque
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              ſeriùs: quod verò perfectum eſt, nequaquam.
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              <s id="s.014188">Lux verò corpus non eſt, è corpore tamen
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              prodit, quare ſibi ſimile generat, non autem
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              ſpecie idem, nec quod producitur alia gene­
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              rare poteſt. </s>
              <s id="s.014189">Sed infinita eſt illius propagatio,
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              quoniam quod generatur, ſubſtantia non eſt.
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              <s id="s.014190">Cùm enim Sol exurgit, illius infinitæ ſunt
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              ſpecies: dico autem lucis, non Solis. </s>
              <s id="s.014191">Quicquid
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              autem ſic generatur, protinus etiam per ſe
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              corrumpitur. </s>
              <s id="s.014192">Intellectus autem cum ſubſtan­
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              tia quædam ſit, ſed abſque corpore, ſubitò
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              multiplicatur in infinitum: audientes enim
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              omnes intelligunt: & ſi hi proferrent, qui
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              audiunt, intelligerent & alij non minùs. </s>
              <s id="s.014193">Igi­
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              tur intellectus infinities propagatur, ſi ab
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              abſque impedimento ſit. </s>
              <s id="s.014194">Eadem ratio eſt
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              omnium, quæ intelligunt ſubſtantiarum, ſed
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              non eodem modo. </s>
              <s id="s.014195">Nam (vt dictum eſt) noſter
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              intellectus eſt vmbratilis. </s>
              <s id="s.014196">Neque tamen in­
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              tellectus tempori ſubiacent, ſed ſpatium, quo
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              permanent, imaginantur, æuumque id ap­
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              pellant. </s>
              <s id="s.014197">Eſt autem vt in circulo centrum: vni­
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              cuique enim parti circuli correſpondet: & ſi
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              circulus moueatur, immobile manet
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              ,
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              vt in tempore æuum, atque in tempore ſem­
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              piterno. </s>
              <s id="s.014198">Æuum igitur nec extenditur, nec
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              fluit, ſed ſempiternum manet. </s>
              <s id="s.014199">Viſum eſt au­
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              tem quibuſdam, ob id tempus circulo finiri:
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              at de hoc libris de Arcanis æternitatis ſatis
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              dictum eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.014200">Seu igitur tempori æuum confe­
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              ratur, ſeu non, diuiſionis eſt expers, Scio La­
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              tinos hoc nomine aliud intelligere: ſed nos
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              quid velimus expoſuimus: nam res, non no­
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              mina, hîc tractantur. </s>
              <s id="s.014201">Hoc verò æuum, in quo
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              intellectus manent, neceſſariò aut factum,
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              aut æternum eſt: quia in æternis, quod eſt.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.014202">eſſe neceſſe eſt: quod non eſt, eſſe non poteſt.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.014203">Nam mortalis natura, non magis immorta­
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              litatis eſt capax, quàm immortalis mortali­
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              tatis. </s>
              <s id="s.014204">Deus autem omnibus aliquid melius,
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              neque in æuo, neque in tempore. </s>
              <s id="s.014205">Quod igi­
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              tur ſtabile per ſe, eſt æternitas: quod profluit,
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              & manet, eſt ęuum: quod non manet, & fluit,
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              tempus. </s>
              <s id="s.014206">Mundus igitur, quoniam manere vi­
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              detur, in æuo eſt, & in mundo tempus. </s>
              <s id="s.014207">Mun­
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              di optimam partem vocant paradiſum, id eſt,
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              hortum conſitum, ſeu locum amœniſſimum,
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              & voluptatum. </s>
              <s id="s.014208">Duplex hic, cœleſtis beato­
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              rum, & terreſtris. </s>
              <s id="s.014209">Omiſſo eo, Zeilam inſula
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              non procul è Chalecuto paradiſus eſſe vide­
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              tur: eſt enim orbis locus amœniſſimus, ſalu­
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              britate aëris, vitæ longitudine (nam homines
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              ibi ad 150. annos perueniunt) fontibus, ſyl­
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              uis, pratis, frugibus, fructibus, feris, elephan­
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              tis, piſcibus, aromatibus, margaritis, gem­
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              mis, auro atque argento. </s>
              <s id="s.014210">Hæc igitur orbis
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              pars præſtantiſſima, ſed non vniuerſi. </s>
              <s id="s.014211">Opti­
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              mum enim in his inferioribus, peſſimum eo­
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              rum, quæ ſuperiùs continentur. </s>
              <s id="s.014212">Medij autem
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              ſunt motus quidam, quos actiones vocamus.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.014213">Tria autem ſunt actionum genera. </s>
              <s id="s.014214">Primum
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              quòd fit à corpore in corpus, vocatúrque
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              mutatio. </s>
              <s id="s.014215">Secundum influxus: hic in corpus,
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              ſed non à corpore, verùm occulta quadam </s>
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