Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              cognitionem quid ſit ignis, & ob id tot ab­
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              ſurda dicit, nec poteſt ſe explicare, quatuor
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              verbis quamuis & aliàs dixerim dicam. </s>
              <s id="s.014608">Ignis
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              eſt ſubſtantia corrupta ab extremo calore, ſi­
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              cut glacies eſt ſubſtantia corrupta ab extre­
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              mo frigore. </s>
              <s id="s.014609">Vel verius, ignis eſt caliditas, &
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              ſiccitas extrema, corrumpens ſubiectum.
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              <s id="s.014610">Quòd etiam dicat vnum eſſe Elementum,
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              dicimus eſſe tria. </s>
              <s id="s.014611">Sola enim terra eſt expers
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              omnis qualitatis, & tamen non eſt neceſſa­
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              rium elemento, vt habeat qualitatem, quia
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              non concurrit ad vllam actionem, ſed velut
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              oleum mirabolani, quòd expers eſt odoris,
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              aptiſſimúmque ob id ad omnes odores. </s>
              <s id="s.014612">Ve­
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              rùm ob id terra hylen quaſi refert. </s>
              <s id="s.014613">Arguit
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              contradictionem, quia motus accendit calo­
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              rem, ergo non extinguit. </s>
              <s id="s.014614">Dixi quod motus
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              in ſubiecto, quòd reſiſtat quoniam reſiſtit.
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              <s id="s.014615">Videt experimentum in aqua & lapide. </s>
              <s id="s.014616">Si de
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              aqua dubitat, quoniam ſponte frigida ſit, de
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              vino experiatur. </s>
              <s id="s.014617">Sed ſpontè in his quæ vo­
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              luntate carent, non licet dicere? </s>
              <s id="s.014618">feci vt Ver­
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              gilium ab infamia liberarem:
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              Sponte ſua ſandix paſcentibus veſtiet agnos.
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              <s id="s.014619">11 Reſilit ad primum librum. </s>
              <s id="s.014620">In quo
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              etiam animaduertendum eſt hunc egregium
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              virum in hoc, & ſequentibus ſimulare ſe
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              non intelligere, vt anſam accuſandi, quàm
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              alioqui habere non poteſt, arripiat: ita non
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              abſimilis videtur ei, qui ſe caſtrauit, vt vxo­
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              rem offenderet. </s>
              <s id="s.014621">Quis neſcit in pyrio puluere
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              tria accidere, per quæ ſphæra propellitur, ra­
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              ritatem dum è puluere fit ignis, qui locum
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              occupare nititur: inde condenſari præter
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              naturam ob loci anguſtiam, atque ideò ap­
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              petere exitum, inde natura vincente rareſ­
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              cere, túncque propellere. </s>
              <s id="s.014622">At ille adeò inuo­
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              luit bene inuenta, vt ego non pro meis,
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              quantò minus alius quiſdam queat agnoſce­
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              re. </s>
              <s id="s.014623">Et ideò fungitur officio ſepiæ, quæ turbat
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              aquas ne videatur. </s>
              <s id="s.014624">Aër impellit: atque hic eſt
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              motus quo aqua quieſcit. </s>
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              <s id="s.014625">12 In quo differt mutatio in qualitate à
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              generatione, vel additione, ſi non intenditur
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              qualitas, ſed ſolùm augetur? </s>
              <s id="s.014626">At hoc etiam
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              ego non dico qualitatem non augeri. </s>
              <s id="s.014627">Suffi­
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              cit quod intendatur, ſeu additione, ſeu aliter.
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              <s id="s.014628">Hucuſque ſanè ſperaueram me cum viro do­
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              cto diſputare: ſed cùm animaduerti illum, vt
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              credidit, conuictum meis rationibus eò re­
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              fugiſſe, vt concederet ferro extincto ferrum
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              generari, iam illum elleboro prorſus indi­
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              gere animaduerti. </s>
              <s id="s.014629">Atque hic fortunam alio­
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              rum quotcumque me accuſare nixi ſunt,
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              qui amentiam ſuam prodiderunt, nactus eſt.
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              <s id="s.014630">Primùm quis vnquam audiuit ferrum ge­
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              nerari ex aquæ frigidæ ſola immerſione? </s>
              <s id="s.014631">vbi
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              omnes cauſas ſuſtulit, & earum ordinem in­
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              ter ſe, tum etiam cum effectu ipſo. </s>
              <s id="s.014632">Deinde
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              liceret ex ſilice aurum facere, nam exuſto
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              auro in igne generatur aurum, vt ipſe fate­
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              tur? </s>
              <s id="s.014633">ergo extincto ſilice aurum generabitur?
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              <s id="s.014634">nam cauſæ ſunt eædem aquæ & ignis. </s>
              <s id="s.014635">De­
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              inde cùm paulatim refrigerabitur, paulatim
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              generabitur ferrum, atque ita ſubſtantia in
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              eadem parte augebitur, motúſque verus ine­
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              rit, qualis in qualitate. </s>
              <s id="s.014636">Diſpeream ſi reſur­
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              gat Ariſtoteles, ni malit mihi accuſatori,
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              quàm tali defenſori amicus eſſe. </s>
              <s id="s.014637">Et ſi non
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              melius argumentum meum ſolui poſſet à
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              Peripateticis, quàm ab illo, iam pæana ca­
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              nerem. </s>
              <s id="s.014638">Sed illi dicerent, in ferro ignito duas
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              eſſe ſubſtantias, atque imperfectam vtram­
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              que: quod neque ignis ſuam retineat leui­
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              tatem, nec ferrum frigiditatem. </s>
              <s id="s.014639">Et quan­
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              quam hæc reſponſio argumento meo non
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              ſatisfaciat, ob abſurda principia, quæ tueri
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              coguntur, vt Ariſtotelem defendant, non ta­
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              men adeò impudens eſt, vt noſtri calumnia­
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              toris, qui hæc deliramenta admiſit. </s>
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              <s id="s.014640">13 In infinitum apud Grammaticos
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              progredi dicuntur, quæ nullos certos limi­
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              tes habent conſtitutos. </s>
              <s id="s.014641">Vnde proprij infiniti,
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              quod Grammaticis ignotum fuit, ratio de­
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              ducta eſt. </s>
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              <s id="s.014642">14 Vbique prodit ſuam imperitiam, víx­
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              que ex centum locis ſeptem rectè interpre­
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              tatur. </s>
              <s id="s.014643">Meta non vna eſt, vt fiat ignis, ſed
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              tum incipit hæc meta cùm aërem vincere
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              poteſt. </s>
              <s id="s.014644">Meta eundi in Gallias non vna eſt,
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              poſſum ire Taurinum, Lugdunum, Lute­
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              tiam, Rhotomagum, meta tamen ingreſſus
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              eſt Valentia, ex vrbe noſtra eunti. </s>
              <s id="s.014645">O præcla­
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              ram redargutionem, argumentum ſolum
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              præbens, vel maleuoli omninò animi, vel
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              ſtuporis maximi. </s>
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              <s id="s.014646">15 In omnibus eſt ea vis, ſed in quibuſ­
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              dam non perficitur agendo, in quibus pro­
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              ducendo miratur de lapide, ſed magis de ha­
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              linitro mirari debuit. </s>
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              <s id="s.014647">16 Vreret, non ſi elementaris eſſet, rectè
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              in hoc: ſed ſi eſſet, qualis excutitur, qui pa­
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              bulo indiget proculdubio vreret, & ſi eſſet
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              elementaris condenſatus: at aqua non made­
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              facit, quia commiſta eſt, madefactio autem
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              non penetrat, calor penetrat, Galeno teſte in
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              libris de Elementis. </s>
              <s id="s.014648">Deinde impudentiſſimè
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              obiicit me negare ex chalybe, vel ex por­
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              phyritide ignem generari, cùm ego vbique
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              adiiciam etiam in prima editione non ma­
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              gis fieri, ſed minus ex his quam ex illis. </s>
              <s id="s.014649">Vi­
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              de hîc prorſus inexcuſabilem ſtuporem ho­
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              minis, aut improbitatem. </s>
              <s id="s.014650">Purum ignem nul­
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              lum eſſe dico, id eſt, qui non ſit in ſubſtan­
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              tia, ſed modo medicorum, in quo forma ma­
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              teriæ dominatur, vt in flamma, ſecus carbo,
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              & ferrum ignitum. </s>
              <s id="s.014651">Admiratur dictum illud
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              quod ſimpliciter verum eſt, ſi incaleſcit ve­
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              hementi motu, vehementer incaleſcit. </s>
              <s id="s.014652">Eſt
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              enim cauſa (vt dici ſolet) adæquata, & pro­
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              pria (vt ſi quis dicat. </s>
              <s id="s.014653">Diuitiæ hominem bea­
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              tum faciunt) per ſe eſt vera, nec tamen ſem­
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              per diues beatus eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.014654">Ab accidenti enim ad
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              rem quod dicunt, ab aſtractis ad concreta
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              non valet, argumentum. </s>
              <s id="s.014655">Color viridis eſt
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              pulcherrimus, ergo viridia pulcherrima. </s>
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              <s id="s.014656">17 Cùm loquor Latinè, hic Philoſophus
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              Ciceronianus, me reprehendit: ſi barbarè
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              vellem, vt à ſui generis hominibus intel­
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              ligerer, accuſaret. </s>
              <s id="s.014657">Vnus eſt modus quem
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              ſolùm admittit, vt ſuo more, ſcilicet
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              peſſimè loquar. </s>
              <s id="s.014658">Sed ego tunc diuinare non
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              potui. </s>
              <s id="s.014659">Breuiter materia ferri formam ad ſe
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              rapit & equi, & abſynthij: nec vna con­
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              uenire poteſt alteri: & hoc etiam affirmat
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              Philoſophus, formas ſibi decernere mate­
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              riam propriam: quæ ob id ſecunda dicitur
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              quoniam cum quantitate certa eſt materiæ
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              primæ, & qualitatibus. </s>
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