Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              paratus eſt nonne intelligitur indefinita, vt
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              Dialectici volunt, non
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              pro pluribus, ſed
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              etiam vtili? </s>
              <s id="s.014564">Tofus non generatur vera gene­
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              ratione, quæ eſt viuentium ſolum, ſed coa­
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              gmentatur: generari tamen verbo vtimur,
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              quod vulgaris ſignificatio ad id extendatur.
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              <s id="s.014565">Non erunt tria principia, imò ad genera­
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              tionem concurrit materia, vt ſubiectum,
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              forma generantis ad præparationem, anima
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              autem ſeipſam exhibendo efficit. </s>
              <s id="s.014566">Quæ verò
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              diſputat contra animam mundi, perlegas
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              eorum reſponſiones in libris de Arcanis
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              æternitatis, quia eſt res prolixa, & quæ pe­
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              culiari indiget opere: & non vt ab ipſo
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              obiter tractatur, cùm non ſolùm Philoſo­
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              phiæ naturalis principia, ſed & diuinæ non
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              parua pars, & eorum, quæ ſenſibus ſubia­
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              cent, ratio pendeat. </s>
              <s id="s.014567">Pariter & alia eiuſdem
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              exercitationis ad eandem doctrinam perti­
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              nent. </s>
              <s id="s.014568">Ob idque ſuperſedeo hîc, niſi quod
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              admonere illum volo eius, quod adeò fir­
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              miter negat, ſcilicet animam eſſe in corde
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              ſolùm, cùm id dicat Philoſophus, in libro
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              de Iuuentute & Senectute in initio:
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                δὲ π̔ρὶ ψυχοῡς ἐν ἑτέροις διώρισαι, καὶ δούλον ὅτε
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                οὐκ ὄιονται εἶναι σω̄μα τὴν οὐσίαν ἀυτοῡς, ἀλλ̓ ὅμως
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                ὅτιγε ἔντινι τοῡ σώματος ὑπάρχει χορίῳ φανε­
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                ρόν. </foreign>
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              <s id="s.014569">Interpretetur modò vt velit, nun­
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              quam obtinebit, quin illud apertè velit
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              Ariſtoteles, vt anima ſit in aliqua parte
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              corporis. </s>
              <s id="s.014570">Id etiam oſtendimus in libris de
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              Rerum varietate, atque alio modo etiam
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              euidentius demonſtrari poteſt. </s>
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              <s id="s.014571">7 Mouet anima mundi principium in­
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              ternum, vt ab aliis quæ extrinſecùs ſunt,
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              non vt pars moti. </s>
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              <s id="s.014572">8 Motu raritatis, quæ via eſt ad corru­
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              ptionem: aliqua enim eſt, quæ non corrum­
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              pit, & tamen natura eam refugit, quòd
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              via fit ad corruptionem. </s>
              <s id="s.014573">Motus à raritatis
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              cauſa, tardus ſemper eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.014574">Inter tabulas aut
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              perpetuò eſt aër, vel ſi non eſt, non fit mo­
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              tus, ſed impeditur, quia deeſt. </s>
              <s id="s.014575">Et id ipſe in­
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              frà affirmat, quaſi nos irridens, qui nega­
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              mus non eſſe aërem. </s>
              <s id="s.014576">Quod ad motum ne­
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              ceſſarium eſt, & tamen trahitur pars infe­
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              rior, quia emoueri non poteſt: non tamen
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              aſcendit, ergo aſcenſus grauis etiam in aqua
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              propter raritatem impedimentum motus,
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              non motus. </s>
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              <s id="s.014577">9 Dicit ignem noſtrum, eſſe ignem ele­
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              mentarem condenſatum, & ob id calidio­
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              rem, ſicut glacies eſt aqua condenſata, & ob
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              id frigidior. </s>
              <s id="s.014578">Pulchrum dictum, & ſpecie
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              plauſibile, ſed omninò falſum: nam glacies
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              manet, & non depaſcitur, ſicut nec aqua:
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              at ignis noſter neque manet, vel momento,
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              & depaſcitur, ergo nullo modo eſt idem
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              ſpecie cum elementari. </s>
              <s id="s.014579">Si elementaris de­
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              paſcitur, quæro vnde alimentum? </s>
              <s id="s.014580">huic ar­
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              gumento debuerat reſpondere, quod à me
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              adducitur. </s>
              <s id="s.014581">Ex quo patet, quòd cùm deueni­
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              tur ad res manifeſtas, & quæ ſenſibus poſ­
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              ſunt diiudicari, falſus in omnibus deprehen­
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              ditur. </s>
              <s id="s.014582">Sed ad ſingula. </s>
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              <s id="s.014583">Aër in concauo orbis Lunæ non eſt fri­
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              gidus aut obſcurus, quòd frigiditas aut ob­
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              ſcuritas ſit aliquid, ideò cohærere poteſt cœ­
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              lo. </s>
              <s id="s.014584">Sol quia non diſſipatur, conſeruat calo­
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              rem motu, ideò ſolidus eſt, ignis autem diſ­
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              ſipatur. </s>
              <s id="s.014585">Aqua incaleſcit leui motu, non ob
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              motum, ſed ob aërem, qui illius partes mo­
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              tu ad ſuperficiem deductas calefacit. </s>
              <s id="s.014586">De ven­
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              tis Cypri, & Rhodi quid opus eſt, cùm
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              in æſtuario experiamur? </s>
              <s id="s.014587">qui tamen validiſſi­
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              mi ſunt, atque omnes frigidi. </s>
              <s id="s.014588">Vapor enim
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              longo tractu celerrimè deductus, neceſſariò
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              diſſipatur. </s>
              <s id="s.014589">Fumus, & calor ignis: quo torre­
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              tur caro, & non lucent: at quomodo pro­
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              bauit vnquam ( fateor enim, quod non lu­
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              ceant) quòd ſint ignis, & in extremo calidi­
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              tatis, quod falſum eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.014590">Inde ſupponit multas
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              propoſitiones, è quibus prima eſt euidenter
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              falſa, ignis eſt corpus, id eſt, naturale vel
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              elementum, nos enim ſæpè diximus, tria
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              tantùm eſſe elementa, terram, aquam, aërem
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              Quis dubitat, quòd ſi ignem ſtatuerimus
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              elementum, quin illum ſub Luna ob leuita­
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              tem, & quòd alia loca ſciamus iam occupa­
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              ta, non eſſemus collocaturi? </s>
              <s id="s.014591">Deinde cum vin­
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              culis non poſſit lectores tenere, lacteis ver­
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              bis vult hic ſtrenuus Peripateticus captare.
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              <s id="s.014592">Sed interim tot declarationes à nobis alla­
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              tas prætermittit: quòd aëris partes quanto
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              ſublimiores, tanto ſunt frigidiores, quòd eſ­
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              ſet ibi nulli vſui: nam corpora, quæ corru­
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              ptioni obnoxia ſunt, ſunt ſolùm propter ge­
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              nerationem: at ille putat totum contrarium,
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              ſcilicet quòd immortalia, quæ propter ſe ſunt
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              non per ſe ſint, ſed fortuitò propter genera­
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              tionem. </s>
              <s id="s.014593">Imperfecta enim propter perfecta,
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              non contrà. </s>
              <s id="s.014594">Quæ in diffinitione elementi ad­
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              duntur, petunt (vt dici ſolet) principium. </s>
              <s id="s.014595">Vt
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              enim quod eſſet in concauo orbis Lunæ, aſ­
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              ſumit, quòd ſit elementum, ita vt ſit ele­
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              mentum, aſſumit, quòd ſit in concauo orbis
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              Lunæ. </s>
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              <s id="s.014596">10 In ipſo principio negat adeſſe id, de
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              quo arguitur, & quod fermè omnes faten­
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              tur, ſcilicet elementum vtramque
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              extremam obtinere. </s>
              <s id="s.014597">Nam qui negant vtram­
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              que qualitatem maximam eſſe, qui paucio­
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              res ſunt, dicunt alteram eſſe maximam, alte­
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              ram maximæ propinquam, vt res ad idem
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              quaſi redeat, nec fatente illo, quod petimus,
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              eſt amplius inſiſtendum. </s>
              <s id="s.014598">Quamuis enim per­
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              tinacem plus mouit cum rei veritas inexpu­
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              gnabilis, quàm inſtitutum defendendi etiam
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              in inferiore cauſa Ariſtotelem, Ariſtoteli­
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              coſque. </s>
              <s id="s.014599">Itaque cùm rationes non habeat,
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              quibus aut conuincere, aut tueri ſe poſſit, de­
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              clamatorem
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              agit ex Philoſopho re­
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              pentè factus. </s>
              <s id="s.014600">Vnum tamen ſubiiciam, in quo
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              videatur excuſatione dignus, quòd difficilli­
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              mum ſit veteres opiniones hominum ani­
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              mis diu inſitas eradicare. </s>
              <s id="s.014601">Quodque, vt ait Ga­
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              lenus, facilius diſcipulos Chriſtiani à lege
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              ſua ſubduxeris, quàm addictos in verba ali­
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              cuius ſectæ à ſuis placitis, atque hæc ſuffi­
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              ciant pro omnibus illius declamationibus. </s>
              <s id="s.014602">Vt
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              tamen breui quod diximus declaremus: ſi ca­
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              lor non eſt qualitas extrema in aëre, erit ergo
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              humidum, quare in aqua frigiditas. </s>
              <s id="s.014603">Quomo­
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              do igitur glacies aqua frigidior? </s>
              <s id="s.014604">Si dicas
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              non frigidior, ſed ob
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              talis videtur?
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              <s id="s.014605">Ergo ſumma frigiditas cogit? </s>
              <s id="s.014606">Igitur omnis
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              aqua glacies, quare & immobilis, & non ele­
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              mentum humidum. </s>
              <s id="s.014607">Et quia torquetur circa </s>
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