Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              fiunt deteriores: nam referunt biſextilibus
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              fieri noxias. </s>
              <s id="s.014280">Inter febres quoque genus eſt
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              omnibus notum, quod ab hoc circuitu no­
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              men meruit. </s>
              <s id="s.014281">Qui in aſtrorum vim hæc refe­
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              runt, Saturnúmque huius faciunt authorem,
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              maiorem quàm diſſoluant dubitationem re­
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              linquunt: ſcilicet, quid aſtris cum quartano
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              circuitu dierum, vel annorum. </s>
              <s id="s.014282">Melius forſan
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              fuerit rerum ipſarum ſeriem contemplari,
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              quæ triplici ordine perficitur, initio, medio,
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              fine: ſeu imperfecto, perfecto, & abſoluto: aut
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              poſitiuo, comparatiuo, atque ſuperlatiuo. </s>
              <s id="s.014283">Hi
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              gradus cum in omnibus ſint rebus,
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              in bo­
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              nis, tum in malis, ſi recurrat ordo, fiet quar­
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              tus ſimillimus primo, quintus ſecundo, ſextus
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              tertio, atque rurſus quartus ſeptimo, atque
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              ita deinceps: vnde conſpicuus fiet quartanus
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              circuitus, atque illius cauſa manifeſtiſſima,
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              quam alij admirabantur tanquam ſuperſti­
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              tioſam, alij longiſſimè repetebant, velut in
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              garyophilis primo anno vis imbecillis, ſe­
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              cundo melior, tertio optima, quarto rurſus,
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              in effœta fiat, neceſſarium eſt, aliter virtus
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              eſſet infinita. </s>
              <s id="s.014284">Ita in thermarum aquis inutilis
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              anno vno, ſecundo bona, tertio optima, quar­
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              to rurſus inutilis. </s>
              <s id="s.014285">Hanc vocant in ſalubrem
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              & noxiam, quæ cùm non iuuat, nocet non pa­
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              rùm. </s>
              <s id="s.014286">In fluctibus, quóque maris ſi inſpicias,
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              primùm creſcunt, inde fremur pòſt ad ſum­
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              mum attolluntur, ac mox decidunt: eodém­
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              que ordine rurſum recurrunt: adeò vt audeam
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              dicere, res omnes hoc ordine teneri, quæ ma­
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              gnis cauſis fiunt. </s>
              <s id="s.014287">Sed ſolùm in his mentem
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              adhibemus, in quibus ordo hic dies ſingulos,
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              aut annos pro ſingulis gradibus perficit: tunc
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              enim tres cùm exigantur anni ſeu dies, re­
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              currendo quartanus declaratur circuitus.
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              <s id="s.014288">Quæ verò alternatim decidunt ac perficiun­
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              tur, tertianum circuitum perficiunt: quæ pa­
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              rùm, aut nihil mutantur, quotidianum: atque
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              hæc eſt tam abſtruſi problematis manifeſtiſ­
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              ſima cauſa. </s>
              <s id="s.014289">Iam verò aliò dirigenda oratio
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              eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.014290">Dices enim, cur ſi Deus omnium eſt au­
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              tor, mala bonis præſtant, celeritate, facilita­
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              te, frequentia, magnitudine? </s>
              <s id="s.014291">Hora, imò mo­
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              mento peſſum imus, & infirmamur: vt dite­
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              mur, vt ſanemur, longo tempore opus eſt.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.014292">Malum ingens caſu, verbo aduenit: vix mul­
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              tis amicis, & auxilio ſeruamur. </s>
              <s id="s.014293">Tot denique
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              infortunia, luctus, dolor, morbus, infamia,
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              amor, irritus, timor, paupertas, vnum autem
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              ſolùm bonum non indigere. </s>
              <s id="s.014294">Quamobrem re­
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              ctè videntur Epicurei ſtatuiſſe, indolentiam
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              bonorum finem. </s>
              <s id="s.014295">At magnitudine, quæ volu­
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              ptas cruciatui, quæ ſpes timori, quæ felicitas
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              orbitati: quæ iucunditas carceri, quæ ſanitas
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              morbo, aut quæ diuitiæ paupertatis incom­
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              modis, quis honor contemptui, aut irriſioni
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              coæquari poteſt? </s>
              <s id="s.014296">Denique eſt illa rerum om­
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              nium extrema mors, cuius cogitationi ſolæ,
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              nec gaudia mille vitarum conferri poſſunt:
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              habet tamen hoc boni, quòd reliquos finiat
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              mœrores. </s>
              <s id="s.014297">Vt verò mortem odimus, ita filios,
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              vt nos alios factos amamus: auxilium quaſi
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              vnicum aduerſus illam ineuitabilem. </s>
              <s id="s.014298">Sunt
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              enim hi è nobis, ſpeciémque noſtram ſer­
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              uant, & nos ipſo referunt: ideò magis eos di­
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              ligimus, quàm ſcorta, etſi plus illorum cauſa
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              ſeminis diſpereat. </s>
              <s id="s.014299">Filiorum quoque cauſa
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              Venus iucundior facta fuit ab opifice: cùm
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              enim miſceantur corpora, & quod proritat
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              intimum ſit, & minimo cum dolore, ideò
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              quamvis titillatio ſit è genere ſcabiei, ſenſus
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              tamen ille longè iucundior eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.014300">Sic igitur hoc
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              inuento, perpetuitati animantium prima
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              cauſa conſuluit. </s>
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              Mala bonis
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              quot modis
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              præſtent.</s>
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              Bonorum fi­
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              nis indolen­
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              tia.</s>
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              Filios cur
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              magis ſcortis
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              amamus.</s>
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              Venus cur
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              plus delectet,
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              quàm ſi quis
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              ſcabiem
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              ſcalpat.</s>
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              <s id="s.014305">Differt autem cauſa, principium, & occaſio
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              in rebus gerendis, non tantùm in natura: di­
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              cimus enim cauſam fuiſſe Alexandro, quòd
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              in Aſiam traiecerit, victoriam facilem Athe­
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              nienſium, de Artaxerxe ac Xerxe: tum Age­
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              ſilai expeditionem, qua breuiſſimo tempore
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              partem Aſiæ occupauerat: vnde Alexandro
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              ſpes nata. </s>
              <s id="s.014306">Principium eſt, quo vtuntur ad ve­
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              landum auaritiæ, & ambitionis ſuſpicionem
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              Reges, vt tranſitus in Græciam, Perſarum,
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              & cædes legatorum Perſarum, quæ à Mace­
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              donibus perpetrata eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.014307">Occaſio, Phillippi
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              mors relinquentis exercitus bellicoſos, ex­
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              hauſtámque cladibus Græciam. </s>
              <s id="s.014308">Vt omnes
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              eius populi aut gratia, aut metu cum Alexan­
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              dro ſentirent. </s>
              <s id="s.014309">Sed non ſic Deus, imò omnium
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              horum, quæ in vniuerſo ſunt, cauſa, & origo,
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              fons, & principium eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.014310">Eſt autem totum im­
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              menſum, ſummáque perfectio, nec aliud,
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              quàm ſeipſum contemplatur. </s>
              <s id="s.014311">Tanta luce, vt
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              ſolus capere poſſit eam, ac claritate mundum,
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              & hunc, & illum & quicquid eſt in orbium
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              extremo illuminat, immobilis, abſque varie­
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              tate, cuius mortalium nemo, vel momento
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              ſplendorem ſuſtinere, aut fulgorem inſpicere
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              queat. </s>
              <s id="s.014312">Facilius toto anno Solem æſtiuum me­
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              ridianum perferas oculis, quàm homo tem­
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              poris exigui parte Dei lucem intellectu poſ­
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              ſis contemplari. </s>
              <s id="s.014313">Ad quam tamen cùm fertur,
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              beatiſſimus eſt momento ſolo. </s>
              <s id="s.014314">Eſt enim hæc
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              ectaſis illa, ſolis probis, ſapientibúſque con­
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              ceſſa, melior omni humana felicitate. </s>
              <s id="s.014315">Te­
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              nuiſſima ſubſtantia eſt, atque ideò ſemper
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              quieſcit:
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              quæ ſubtiliſſima ſunt, aut ſemper
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              mouentur, vt cœli: aut ſemper quieſcunt, vt
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              intellectus. </s>
              <s id="s.014316">Deus tamen non eſt intellectus,
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              ſed aliquid intellectu longè melius, beatius,
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              potentius, digniúſque. </s>
              <s id="s.014317">Quæris quid ergo ſit? </s>
              <s id="s.014318">ſi
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              ſcirem, Deus eſſem: nam Deum nemo nouit:
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              nec quid ſit, quiſpiam ſcit, niſi ſolus Deus.
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              Cùm verò quid ſit neſciamus, multò minùs
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              eius proprium nomen ſcire conceſſum eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.014319">At
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                <expan abbr="neq;">neque</expan>
              principiorum,
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              cùm nec Deo,
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              nec illis
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              ſit
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              , ſed impoſitis nomini­
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              bus iuxta
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              , quam de eis
                <expan abbr="cõcepimus">concepimus</expan>
              ,
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              vel poteſtatis, vel claritatis, ac dignitatis, vti­
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              mur. </s>
              <s id="s.014320">Conficta ſunt etiam multa à prauis ho­
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              minibus, qui de Deo etiam nugari
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              de
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              vno è nobis auſi ſunt. </s>
              <s id="s.014321">Sed nomina à
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              na­
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              tura,
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              ac proprietatibus
                <expan abbr="ſumũtur">ſumuntur</expan>
              no­
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              bis cognitis. </s>
              <s id="s.014322">Animas autem cœleſtes,
                <expan abbr="natu-rámq;">natu­
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                rámque</expan>
                <expan abbr="earũ">earum</expan>
              multò magis, & Dei ſublimis in­
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              cognitam intellectui noſtro omni ex parte
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              eſſe docuimus, quónam pacto ergo diis no­
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              men vllum erit, aut imponere licebit.
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              Cauſa, prin­
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              cipium, &
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              occaſio in
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              quo
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              .</s>
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              Deus quid.</s>
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              Dij nomine
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              carent.</s>
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              Epilogus.</s>
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              <s id="s.014327">Hæc igitur tot, tantáque de Subtilitate di­
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              cta ſufficiant, per genera, ſpeciéſque tractan­
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              tibus: nam ſingularia ipſa finem nullum ha­
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              bitura eſſent, & tamen ſub his comprehen­
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              duntur. </s>
              <s id="s.014328">Quæ verò hîc exemplorum loco po­
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              ſita ſunt, alia ob experientiæ facilitatem, alia
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                <expan abbr="quoniã">quoniam</expan>
              à veritate magis aliena eſſe videren­
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              tur, quædam ob raritatem, quædam ob diffi­
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              cultatem adiecimus: ex his enim ad alia in </s>
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