Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              eſſet, & fraudulenti, vt qui (quantum ad me
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              attinet ) permitterem tot horas perire ho­
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              minibus in perlegendis tam inutilibus nu­
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              gis. </s>
              <s id="s.014497">Itaque vt veritati non deſim, pro infini­
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              tis calumniis, quas in me confinxit, ſolùm
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              quaſis ſit tribus verbis oſtendam. </s>
              <s id="s.014498">Imperitiſ­
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              ſimus, ſtultus, malus. </s>
              <s id="s.014499">Quòd imperitiſſimus ſit
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              oſtenditur, quoniam iam vbicumque artium
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              præcepta tractat, aut mathematicæ, aut me­
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              dicinæ, vel naturalis Philoſophiæ, ne vel il­
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              larum prima elementa quidem attigiſſe de­
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              prehenditur, ſed ſolùm verſatur in dialecti­
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              cis, primaque Philoſophia, & Grammatica
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              quadam à ſe confecta. </s>
              <s id="s.014500">Stultus, qui vbi de­
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              prehendi poſſe certò ſciebat, non tacuerit,
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              qui nouem annos in calumnia ſola vnius li­
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              bri, nec antiqui, conſumpſerit: quique nouo
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              omninò exemplo ſingulis chartis quater, aut
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              quinquies, ſi generali ratione computatio
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              ineatur, ſe laudet. </s>
              <s id="s.014501">Malus, qui tot verè in­
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              uenta, lectu iucunda, vſu mortalibus com­
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              moda conetur delere, ſenſum peruertendo
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              fucis rhetoricis, ſophiſticis argumentis, de­
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              primendo, mentiendo, maledictis, iniuriis
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              criminationibus, etiam de impietate accu­
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              ſando, cùm
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              ipſe pro his, quæ de ſtruere
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              nititur, nihil ſubſtituat. </s>
              <s id="s.014502">Inde etiam ſuborna­
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              uit ſycophantam, qui pro illo de me male­
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              diceret, vt vnus hiſtrio duorum ſcurrarum
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              perſonas ageret: peſſimo adeò exemplo, vt
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              ad huius hominis importunitatem nihil ad­
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              di poſſit. </s>
              <s id="s.014503">Demirórque Gallos, tum magiſtra­
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              tus eum ferre, quanquam de Gallis fatea­
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              tur, tam benè ſe acceptum, quàm miles à ru­
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              ſticis, apud quos hybernat: nec intelligit ſe
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              illos non damnare, ſed ſuos ſe prodere mo­
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              res. </s>
              <s id="s.014504">Medicus enim ni omninò peſſimus vir
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              ſit, omnibus præterquàm apud alios medi­
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              cos, apud quos inuidia laborare conſueuit,
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              maximè acceptus eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.014505">Adeò vt nos qui acer­
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              ba natura ſumus, quique inuidia non leui
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              laborauimus, nihil tamen præter offenſio­
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              nem ex verbis clandeſtinè prolatis, & non
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              negatis, ſed non oblatis ſpontè honoribus
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              ab his expertus ſim: cùm aliis autem non
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              ſolùm omninò ſine iniuria, ſed etiam gratio­
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              ſus vixerim. </s>
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              <s id="s.014506">At video quid tandem dicturi ſint non­
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              nulli, errauit improbus: ſit licet optimè te
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              tueris, nulla illi ſupereſt ſpes præmij tanti
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              laboris, barbarè loquitur, cauſam non ha­
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              buit contradicendi, omnia tibi & plura
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              quàm velis condonamus: ſed tamen ille te­
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              cum diſputat, te vrget, te interim rhetorem
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              ex philoſopho agis, nihil ad obiecta reſpon­
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              des? </s>
              <s id="s.014507">Omitte igitur alia omnia, & tuere tua,
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              ne videantur mortales à te decepti. </s>
              <s id="s.014508">Quid
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              agam, obtemporabone? </s>
              <s id="s.014509">cùm tanta temporis
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              iactura? </s>
              <s id="s.014510">an omninò obdureſcam, atque ſi­
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              lebo? </s>
              <s id="s.014511">nihil curans famam, nihil autoritatem
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              conſcriptorum librorum, nihili faciens, quòd
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              multi tanquam conſtanti exemplo ineptia­
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              rum mearum, etiam librorum aliorum le­
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              ctionem ſint neglecturi? </s>
              <s id="s.014512">Ita ſumus (vt dici ſo­
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              let ) inter Scyllam & Charybdim. </s>
              <s id="s.014513">Sed con­
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              donemus aliquid occaſioni, faueamus nobis,
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              faueamus gloriæ, ſi quà eſt noſtræ, conſula­
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              mus hominum vtilitati, conſuetudini tri­
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              buamus aliquid: ſic agamus vt ſi gloriam
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              contemnimus, illud tamen effugiamus, ne
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              videamur totum mortalium genus voluiſſe
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              decipere, quòd impoſtor hic nobis palàm
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              adſcribit. </s>
              <s id="s.014514">Nec exiſtiment noſtræ authorita­
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              ti nimium tribuere rationibus, errare illum
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              oſtendamus. </s>
              <s id="s.014515">Sic etiam exemplo in poſterum
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              conſultum erit, vt ſi quis eis ſimilis quiſ­
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              piam tale auſus fuerit, homines dicere poſ­
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              ſint. </s>
              <s id="s.014516">Si hic viueret, tu nullus eſſes, neque
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              adeò te iactares. </s>
              <s id="s.014517">Vidimus alios, qui multò
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              maiore conatu idem aggreſſi cum nihil pro­
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              fecerint, etiam vituperationem non leuem
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              apud homines conſecuti ſunt. </s>
              <s id="s.014518">Difficile eſt
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              contra veritatem pugnare ſi ille viueret, vt
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              olim aduerſus alios modico labore omnia
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              hæc, quàm ſint falſa oſtenderet. </s>
              <s id="s.014519">Denique ne
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              hunc hominem, quamuis nihil ob ſuam im­
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              probitatem mali non meritum, contemnere
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              videamur, qui tanta ſpe ſcripſit, tantiſque
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              laboribus, qui vel hoc ipſo dignus eſt, vt &
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              reſcribas, quòd dignatus eſt, tuum opus di­
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              ligentiſſimè legere, nec ſemel, ſed ſæpius:
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              &: qui, quamuis iurgiis àgat contra te ( po­
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              tius forſan profeſſorum Grammaticæ con­
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              ſuetudine, vel etiam natura propria, quam
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              licet furca expellas, inde recurret, quàm li­
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              uore, vel improbitate vlla inductus eſt ) ni­
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              hilominus effecit, quantum per ipſum eſt (vt
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              vulgò dici ſolet) vt vel viuas dupliciter, & in
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              tuis, & in ſuis ſcriptis, aut ſaltem in alteris
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              eorum. </s>
              <s id="s.014520">Vincat ergo hæc opinio apud me
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              nunc, quamuis non leui incommodo, ſed il­
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              lud minuemus certa ratione. </s>
              <s id="s.014521">Primùm abſti­
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              nebimus ab omni iurgio ac contumelia, ne
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              illum imitemur, ſufficiat ſolùm inuidiæ hu­
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              ius viri admonuiſſe Lectores, qui potius vo­
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              luerit neſcire, quàm neſcierit: quod exem­
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              plum adeò frequens eſt in illo, vt vix vlla
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              pagina ab hac labe ſit immunis. </s>
              <s id="s.014522">Abſtinebi­
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              mus & ab his, quæ in ſecunda editione,
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              quàm iam tot annis antequam librum ederet
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              videre potuit, emendata & commutata ſunt:
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              in quem errorem ſcio multos eſſe puerulos,
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              qui non incidiſſent. </s>
              <s id="s.014523">Præteribo & ea in qui­
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              bus actionem cum re commutat, vt in quar­
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              ta exercitatione: nam vt eius verbis vtar,
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              Condenſatio & rarefactio motus ſunt loca­
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              les, igitur denſitas, & raritas ab actione ad
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              rem. </s>
              <s id="s.014524">Talia ſunt abſque numero. </s>
              <s id="s.014525">Cauebo
                <expan abbr="etiã">etiam</expan>
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              ne quod ſemel reprehenſum eſt pro exem­
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              plo, vbi in ſimilem lapſum incidat, amplius
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              reprehendat, nam (vt dixi) doctis & ſtudioſis,
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              non aliis ſcribo, quibus vnum exemplum
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              pro omnibus, in quibus eodem lapſu decidit,
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              ſufficiet, abſtinebo & à defenſione Latini­
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              tatis, cum ipſe barbarè adeò loquatur, vt pu­
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              deat ſcriptoris cauſarum linguæ Latinæ. </s>
              <s id="s.014526">Ab
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              hiſtoriis omnibus ſuis, quoniam neque ve­
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              ræ, neque falſæ dici poſſunt, cùm neque ſe
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              vidiſſe affirmet, neque rationes adducat,
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              neque à quo acceperit, cauebo etiam ne
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              in ſimilem errorem ſuo incidam: ſed non
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              eſt omnino ſimilis. </s>
              <s id="s.014527">Ille reprehendit, quæ
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              non intelligit: nos reprehenderemus, quæ
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              non dicit: neque dicere exiſtimamus, cùm an
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              ſint vera non doceat. </s>
              <s id="s.014528">At neque de his
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                demus</expan>
              , quæ ex ſacra pagina oppugnat: tur­
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              pius enim illi eſt in alieno foro litigare, quàm
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              mihi non reſpondere, Relinquam & ſcom­
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              mata, & ſales ſuos non Æthiopicos ſanè, ſed
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              ex fimarchia potius. </s>
              <s id="s.014529">Et quæ contra alios diſ-</s>
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