Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              <s id="s.014984">99 Agit egregium Rhetorem, oues, &
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              boues, & pecora campi, cùm rationes de­
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              ſunt, ad has nugas ſe conuertit. </s>
              <s id="s.014985">Ibidem de
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              Africæ parte diſputat, quæ vltra æquino­
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              ctij circulum poſita eſt: ibi quâ parte Bra­
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              ſiliam reſpicit mare, excipit quòd eſt ei à
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              meridie: at Braſilia ipſa quæ ab oriente ma­
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              ri alluitur, gemmarum inſulas habet, ob
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              abundantiam earum ita appellatas. </s>
              <s id="s.014986">Sicut &
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              Melindæ regnum, & Azaniæ, & Arabia Fœ­
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              lix, & Hiſpania inſula: omnes enim mare ab
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              oriente habent, & gemmarum, & auri, &
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              aromatum ſunt feraces. </s>
              <s id="s.014987">Sic videt omnia
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              concordare, & adhuc audet hiſcere. </s>
              <s id="s.014988">De Hiſ­
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              pania (quod ſolùm obiici poteſt) negamus
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              auri, vel gemmarum, vel aromatum poſſe
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              eſſe feracem: & hoc ſi ad ſuprà dictas regio­
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              nes conferatur argenti, poteſt vt & Germa­
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              niæ. </s>
              <s id="s.014989">Plinius eam laudauit, quòd ſeculo illo
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              quo Romani pauperrimi erant, viſa eſt di­
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              ues ſuo malo Prouincia, quòd Italiæ compa­
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              rata aliquid auri, gemmarum etiam gigne­
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              ret. </s>
              <s id="s.014990">Sed neque expilata tota Prouincia auri
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              copia apparuit, neque poſt, neque nunc, ne­
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              que in poſterum vnquam apparebit, donec
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              mutata rerum forma alium quoque inire
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              rationem oporteat. </s>
              <s id="s.014991">Exiſtimat enim hic vir
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              noſtras declarationes ſimiles eſſe ſuis nugis:
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              nos enim ſecurè & tutò etiam pronuncia­
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              mus de rebus. </s>
              <s id="s.014992">Caueat modò lector, ne per­
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              peràm, vt ille dicta noſtra intelligat, in qui­
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              bus falli facilè quiſque poteſt ob eam quæ
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              aliàs dicta eſt rationem. </s>
              <s id="s.014993">Sic & in ſenſu il­
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              lorum verborum (nec ab occiduis radiis) de­
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              cipitur: & (vt video) profunditatem ver­
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              borum non aſſequitur, ſed ſolùm corticem.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.014994">Quare ſi tandem ſapere tantus natu inci­
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              pere vult legat magnam Ptolomæi compo­
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              ſitionem, & ſolùm animaduertat aſſumptio­
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              nes: ſimiliter & illius libros de iudiciis, in
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              quibus nos profundiſſimam rationem aſ­
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              ſumptionum declarauimus: nam illius exem­
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              plo, & Euclidis, tùm Galeni duabus lineis in
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              methodo totam rationem librorum conden­
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              dorum venati ſumus: nec Ariſtoteles eam
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              neſciuit, nec prætermiſit, ſed in eo adeò ob­
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              ſcura eſt, vt nunquam ex illis operibus quiſ­
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              quam illam, etiam ſi lynceus eſſet, expiſcari
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              poſſit. </s>
              <s id="s.014995">Tria enim ſunt genera declarandi,
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              rectum Mathematicorum, diuiſiuum Gale­
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              ni, & participans, ſeu reflexum, quod eſt
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              omnibus difficilius Ptolomæi. </s>
              <s id="s.014996">Quamobrem
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              cùm in omnibus vno ex his vſi ſimus, ne­
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              que volentes errare potuimus, niſi ſi qua
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              aſſumpta eſſent, quæ vera non eſſent. </s>
              <s id="s.014997">In quo
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              diligenter cauimus, & experimento ipſo, &
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              conteſtibus, & ratione rurſus in ipſis aſſum­
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              ptis, & quòd omnibus maius eſt, nihil tan­
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              quam quod ſit, ſed eſſe poſſit, aſſumendo.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.014998">Vt non dicamus quicquam ſimpliciter, ſed
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              quoniam ita eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.014999">Hoc enim neceſſarium &
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              ſempiternum, eſſe autem fortuitum, falláx­
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              que affirmatio. </s>
              <s id="s.015000">Mathematica verò illa figu­
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              ra nihil arguit, niſi inſaniam. </s>
              <s id="s.015001">Sed ne ver­
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              bis illum ſolùm damnare videamur, expo­
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              namus id quod propoſuimus
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              (
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              nec ab occi­
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              duis radiis, hæc autem in initio ſexti libri
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              )
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              vbi ex oriente vapores maris in terram de­
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              feruntur, concoqui poſſunt oriente Sole, qui
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              moderato calore ſenſim cogit, & attenuat:
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              inde vſque ad veſperam humor ille com­
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              miſtus temperatur purgato aëre: at ſi dicas,
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              in Hiſpania, exempli gratia, vapores è mari
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              delatos veſpertinâ horâ concoqui poſſe?
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              </s>
              <s id="s.015002">oſtendimus ex nimio feruore, ſiccitatéque
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              Solis occidui exuri terras, non concoqui hu­
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              morem. </s>
              <s id="s.015003">Sed nec à matutino, cùm nondum
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              à Sole ſint educti. </s>
              <s id="s.015004">Sed enim impellit, &
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              aërem, & ventos, & vapores ante ſe, non ſo­
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              lùm eleuat. </s>
              <s id="s.015005">Vt autem huius rei duo habeas
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              experimenta clariſſima, ſi terram veſpertina
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              hora, dum Sol viget irrigaueris, areſcent
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              omnes plantæ ob cauſam dictam. </s>
              <s id="s.015006">Quòd ſi
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              id vbi iam Sol deciderit agas, matutino de­
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              mulcente luxuriant plantæ. </s>
              <s id="s.015007">Rurſus ſi aream
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              ex occidente plantarum delicatiorum ſeras,
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              ſeruabis: ſi ex oriente nunquam, quod oc­
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              ciduum Solem excipiant, orientem non vi­
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              deant. </s>
              <s id="s.015008">Ita hic egregius vir, quam vtilitatem
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              præſtet humano generi cum ſuis ſophiſma­
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              tibus intelligitis, quàm ineptè interpretetur
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              cognoſcitis? </s>
              <s id="s.015009">Sic & vbi adeò amens eſt, vt
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              acliuis, & decliuis diſcrimen intelligere me
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              non putat, pondus ſententiæ euertit: ob ac­
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              cliuitatem deſcendit aqua, per declinitatem
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              deſcendit. </s>
              <s id="s.015010">Sed putat nos, vt ipſum temerè
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              conſcripſiſſe hos libros. </s>
              <s id="s.015011">At dignus erat cui
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              nihil reſponderetur, ſed maluimus Poſterita­
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              ti conſulere. </s>
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              <s id="s.015012">100 Puteum illum, ſi ſuo periculo expe­
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              riretur, intelligeret quantum interſit inter
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              Peripateticum ſophiſtam, clamoſúmque li­
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              tigatorem, ac vere Sapientem, qui res ipſas
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              tractauit, principia nouit, meditatione non
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              garrulitate expendit. </s>
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              <s id="s.015013">101 Hic ſepia noſtra inuenit quod quæ­
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              rebat, ſcilicet rem ad rauim vſque litigio­
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              ſam. </s>
              <s id="s.015014">Quis enim docuit, in tertia ſectione
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              vinum & aquam per minima miſceri, cùm
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              in qualibet parte deprehendatur vtrunque
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              ſenſu: ſenſus autem eſt certus index ſenſi­
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              lium, vt habetur octauo Phyſicorum, vbi
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              negat dari hos motus, qui ſentiri nequeant,
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              idemque alibi teſtatur. </s>
              <s id="s.015015">Vinum aquæ ſuper­
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              fundi debet, vt pars ſuperior vinoſior ſit,
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              quæ hauſta petit imum ventriculi. </s>
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              <s id="s.015016">CAP. 23. In 6. decipitur, oleum den­
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              ſius eſt, & tenuius, nec parum rore, Ela­
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              boratum enim pluribus menſibus multis
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              inſtrumentis, ros in aëre vnica nocte.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.015017">Ideò vides hominem neſcientem prorſus
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              quid garriat. </s>
              <s id="s.015018">In duodecima putat, rurſus
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              fieri poſſe miſtionem veram, abſque gene­
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              ratione, nec animaduertit declarationem,
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              quæ generaliter concludit: experimentum
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              etiam de linteo, vbi neceſſe eſt, partes non
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              eſſe verè miſtas. </s>
              <s id="s.015019">Simili ruditate vult ab
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              igne fieri poſſe: ſempérque ſupponit
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              quod probare deberet, quódque falſum eſt.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.015020">In tertiadecima rurſus homonymia decipi­
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              tur, aut decipere conatur. </s>
              <s id="s.015021">Ariſtoteles de
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              miſtione communi loquitur, non de ea,
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              de qua nos declarationem adduximus: vbi
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              vna ſola forma corporis. </s>
              <s id="s.015022">Laborat præterea
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              in quarta decima ſectione, in duobus pri­
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              mum, quòd lapides viuere affirmem, cùm
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              ponam in illis formam elementi domi­
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              nantis: at non in viuentibus pono eam </s>
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