Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              <s id="s.014712">28 Rota illa etiamſi exquiſitiſſimè ela­
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              borata fuerit, non animaduertit, quod ma­
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              nubrium tamen ab aere circumuertetur, &
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              cum illo rota ſimul, adeò ſtupidus eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.014713">Præ­
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              terea omiſſo quod difficillimè in cardinibus
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              ad æquilibrium continebitur, non vertetur,
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              niſi lentè ob paucitatem aëris, & ita experi­
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              menta ſunt contra ipſum, & ipſe ſemet con­
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              ficit ſuis argumentis. </s>
              <s id="s.014714">Præter id enim quòd
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              aer non iuuabit, etiam ſi aër non moueret,
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              vexatus tamen & nimis denſatus impediret,
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              quo minus celeriter vertetur. </s>
              <s id="s.014715">Melius finxiſ­
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              ſet, vt digito abſque manubrio, quem ſtatim
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              amoueret, circumduceretur. </s>
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              <s id="s.014716">30 Aër vt elementum eſt proximus hy­
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              læ, ideò imago cœleſtis caloris ei dominatur.
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              <s id="s.014717">Eſtque verius vapor quam aër. </s>
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              <s id="s.014718">31 Aër liber non corrumpit: concluſus
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              non exedit, qui eſt in arcis exedit & cor­
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              rumpit: neque enim concluſus dicitur, ne­
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              que liber. </s>
              <s id="s.014719">Rupes viuunt, at non reſpirant, vt
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              nec plantæ, exigua eſt enim earum vita &
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              impetus, qui etiam animalibus noceat. </s>
              <s id="s.014720">Sic
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              & triticum quaſi anima caret, corrumpitur
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              in horreis eadem ratione qua in arcis panni.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.014721">In aëre ſi frigidiſſimus ſit, non corrumpitur.
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              <s id="s.014722">Huius habes exempla, in libris de Rerum
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              Varietate. </s>
              <s id="s.014723">At noſter aër non talis eſt, ne uti­
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              quam tamen calidiſſimus eſſe poteſt, vt hi
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              qui ex calidiſſimo in frigidiſſimum tranſmu­
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              tari poſſe exiſtimant. </s>
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              <s id="s.014724">CAP. V. </s>
              <s id="s.014725">Intercludere actiuè, pro inter­
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              cipere: paſſiuè etiam pro includi, & occlu­
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              di. </s>
              <s id="s.014726">Tacitus: Intercluſa anima creditur mor­
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              talitatem expleuiſſe. </s>
              <s id="s.014727">Hic ad emphaſin inter­
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              cluſus aptius apponitur, quàm ſi incluſus di­
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              ceretur: quòd enim vndique intercludi­
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              tur, incluſum dicitur: at intercluduntur
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              animalia & aqua, includuntur terra ac la­
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              pides, poſtquam ad has quiſquilias deſcen­
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              dere oportet. </s>
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              <s id="s.014728">33 Aconitum non mouetur, ideò metam
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              non habet: non enim lædit, niſi (vt ita di­
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              cam) volentes. </s>
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              <s id="s.014729">34 Argentum viuum frigidiſſimum, vbi
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              deſtillatur, quia terreum eſt, fit igneum, ſi­
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              cut & later. </s>
              <s id="s.014730">Sulphur eſt aëreum, quia ex hu­
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              mido concocto conſtat (vt dixi) de quatuor
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              partibus deſtillationum, quas elementa vul­
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              gus vocat, non quòd aër ſit in illo. </s>
              <s id="s.014731">Corri­
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              piuntur ſenſim, ſicut & Sol ſenſim volat.
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              <s id="s.014732">Hoc mihi proprium eſt, multa paucis, &
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              quaſi contraria ſemper declarare. </s>
              <s id="s.014733">Senſim
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              nobis videntur hæc fieri, quæ tamen ma­
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              gnis progreſſibus fiunt. </s>
              <s id="s.014734">Sufficiat admonuiſ­
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              ſe, & quia libri noſtri his pleni ſunt, præ­
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              teribimus. </s>
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              <s id="s.014735">35 Terram quæ apud nos inuenitur ſyn­
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              ceram communi exiſtimatione, quæque op­
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              tima eſt, nam ſolùm vt matrem ad genera­
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              tionem concurrere diximus, caloréque ſolis
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              concipere pullam eſſe aio. </s>
              <s id="s.014736">Synceram vbi ſit
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              neſcio, quare nec qualis ſit: vt vis mecum
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              contendere de his, quæ experimento decer­
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              ni nequeunt? </s>
              <s id="s.014737">ego nolo. </s>
              <s id="s.014738">Tu tibi victoriam de
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              re nulli vſui futura, atque omninò incerta
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              talibus aſſuetus auferto. </s>
              <s id="s.014739">Sic alba, ſit viridis,
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              ſit nigra, mea nihil intereſt. </s>
              <s id="s.014740">Quam neque
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              oſtendere potes, ne declarare quidem quòd
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              talis ſit. </s>
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              <s id="s.014741">36 Ericam in libris de Rerum Varietate,
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              qui ante tuos commentarios editi ſunt, ap­
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              pellaſſe me conſtat, quamvis non minor ſit
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              lapſus metus in hoc quàm in illo,
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              enim
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              adeò certum eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.014742">At ego, vt Galeno obſe­
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              quar, de nominibus non contendo: modò de
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              re, quàm ſanè docemus conſtet. </s>
              <s id="s.014743">Tu modò
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              vel leporem, quòd ea lepores veſcantur ap­
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              pellato? </s>
              <s id="s.014744">per me licebit. </s>
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              <s id="s.014745">37 Neſcio quid cauſæ ſit, quòd cùm lo­
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              cum excitauerit, verbáque quæ antece­
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              dunt, recitauerit, omiſerit, quod in rem
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              facit? </s>
              <s id="s.014746">Nonne ſtatim hæc ſuccedunt,
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                νίζεσθι δέ καὶ ποιεῖς νύκτα, δία τὸ ὑφελὴν εἰναι
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                πρὸς ἄρκτον τὴν γῆν. </foreign>
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              <s id="s.014747">Nonne hoc eſt, conſpi­
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              cuum non eſſe ſolem, imò noctem obduci
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              ob altitudinem terræ ad Arctum poſitæ?
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              </s>
              <s id="s.014748">cùm antea iam dixiſſet, ex eminentioribus
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              ad Septentriones locis vberrimum concitat
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              aquarum fluxum: vbique parùm profunda
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              eſſe maria, cum alibi in gurgites præaltos
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              effundantur. </s>
              <s id="s.014749">Neſcio certè cur velit cum in­
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              famia ſua hæc adeo manifeſta diſſimulare,
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              vt alteruter noſtrum inſanire videatur? </s>
              <s id="s.014750">Sed
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              hæc nimis. </s>
              <s id="s.014751">Inde neſcio quomodo etiam ter­
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              ræ rotunditatem exactam à Philoſopho com­
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              probatam, à Ptolomæo declaratam, com­
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              mentus, quid de montibus ac vallibus cona­
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              tur infringere: velut ſi quis dicat, turris
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              præaltæ ſuperficiem non eſſe æqualem, quòd
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              ei pulex inſideat: at montes ad terræ ma­
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              gnitudinem comparati, tum valles non ma­
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              iorem obtinent proportionem, hoc ipſo de­
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              tegit ſuam imperitiam, vt non videatur ar­
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              tium penetralia ingreſſus, ſed in limine ipſo
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              concediſſe. </s>
              <s id="s.014752">Sic vbi ego propoſui altitudinem
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              M. miliariorum, ruditatem rurſus ſuam pro­
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              dit. </s>
              <s id="s.014753">Nam hoc proponitur ſe tuendi Ariſtote­
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              li, non quòd ita eſſe poſſit, & tamen vel ſic
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              conuincitur, ita peripateticus ille noſtra ſe­
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              pia dignus, nihil nouit, niſi adlatrare. </s>
              <s id="s.014754">Et ob
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              id ipſi admirabilis vir videtur, cùm neuter
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              declarationem noſtram intellexerit. </s>
              <s id="s.014755">Vnum
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              verò rudibus argumentum eſſe poteſt, illos
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              non attuliſſe quicquam ad rem, quod nullibi
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              quicquam commutauerim. </s>
              <s id="s.014756">Extremæ enim
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              dementiæ eſſet, ſi adduxiſſent: vel non reſ­
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              pondere, ſi inualidum: vel non commuta­
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              re, ſi firmum: voluiſſéque cùm integrum eſ­
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              ſet, mihi præſentibus, & poſteris ſatisfacere
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              pertinacia (à qua omninò natura, & inſtituto
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              procul abſum) omnes fallere, quod improbiſ­
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              ſimi eſſet hominis: & ſperare poſſe, quòd
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              ſummæ amentiæ foret. </s>
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              <s id="s.014757">39 Elemento præcipuè quatuor conue­
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              niunt conditiones, puritas, magnitudo ge­
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              nerationis, principium, & loci neceſſitas. </s>
              <s id="s.014758">Pu­
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              ritate, ſeu ſimplicitate, ex equo fermè omnia
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              hæc tria ſunt: terra, aqua, aër. </s>
              <s id="s.014759">Loco terra
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              maximè eſt elementum, quòd centum mun­
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              di ſit: magnitudine aër: aqua neutro fermè,
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              nam locus cùm ſit inter aërem, & terram, &
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              incertus, quaſi non explet elementi condi­
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              tionem: multò minùs magnitudine, cùm
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              vix ſit ex trecentis millibus partibus vna ip­
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              ſius aëris: quis ergo audeat eam cum aëre
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              contingere, vt molem habere & ipſa dica­
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              tur, cuius ſit tam minima portio? </s>
              <s id="s.014760">At gene­
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              rationis principio maximè eſt elementum,
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              nam aër generationis principium eſſe poteſt, </s>
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