Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              magis demirer? </s>
              <s id="s.015130">Mercurio ſi non placet ele­
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              ctrum, tribuatur hydrargyrium. </s>
              <s id="s.015131">In quinta
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              diuiſione, vult xyloaloen durum appellari,
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              cùm aurum molle eſſe referam. </s>
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              <s id="s.015132">In ſexta ſectione, ſepia perpetuò diſſimu­
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              lat centies repetita, illam non eſſe veram
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              miſtionem, ſed ſolùm generatione fieri. </s>
              <s id="s.015133">In
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              palma abſurdus eſt, & ſupinam profert igno­
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              rantiam: tres ſunt arbores vnà viuentes, vt
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              ſocij in eadem domo. </s>
              <s id="s.015134">Sed in hoc fauit natu­
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              ra plantis: & hanc coniunctionem ille, non
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              animalia admittunt. </s>
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              <s id="s.015135">110 Candidus colos nullus perſpicuus
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              ob nimiam lucem, quod aliis coloribus non
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              contingit. </s>
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              <s id="s.015136">111 Plinius non id dicit, quod ille præ­
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              ſtabat. </s>
              <s id="s.015137">Sic ſemper miſcet, quæ non nouit. </s>
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              <s id="s.015138">112 Omnia extra propoſitum. </s>
              <s id="s.015139">Loquor
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              ego de actione, ille de inſtrumento: ego hi­
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              ſtoriam quæ ſub oculis eſt affero, ille nugas
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              Democriti. </s>
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              <s id="s.015140">113 Summæ imperitiæ argumentum, tam
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              claram in fine primæ ſectionis ſententiam
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              interuertere. </s>
              <s id="s.015141">Hyacinthus vt amuletum pro­
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              hibet, ne fulmen occidat, atque id genere
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              auxilium medicum dici poteſt, vt de Pazar
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              aduerſus venena, tantæ verò noxæ reſiſtere
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              miraculo proximum. </s>
              <s id="s.015142">In ſecunda ſectione,
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              quid garriat de rutilo, intelligere non poſ­
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              ſum: rutilare longè aliud eſt, quàm rutilum
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              eſſe. </s>
              <s id="s.015143">Vergilius, arma dixit rutilare, id eſt,
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              ſplendere cum quodam motu, quod pauci
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              intellexerunt. </s>
              <s id="s.015144">Sic adamas, </s>
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              <s id="s.015145">114 Pili craſſa, metalla tenui ſunt ſub­
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              ſtantia, nullum craſſum ſplendidum. </s>
              <s id="s.015146">Quid
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              hoc? </s>
              <s id="s.015147">De equo aliàs hoc experimentum do­
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              cuimus, quòd ob nitorem, non ſplendorem
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              accidit. </s>
              <s id="s.015148">Et ſi puer naſcatur biceps, non pro­
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              pter hoc hominum genus biceps eſſe dice­
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              mus, Giraffam non vidit: ſunt enim macu­
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              læ ferrugineæ, non purpureæ. </s>
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              <s id="s.015149">115 Os non reſtituitur, quia durum &
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              termino comprehenſum, lapides in fodinis
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              cùm creſcere, & multùm, & breui ſpatio cer­
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              tum ſit, quid litigat argutiunculis? </s>
              <s id="s.015150">Non
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              enim eam in fodina habent duritiem, quàm
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              extra ſiccati, neque à tam leui vi aguntur. </s>
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              <s id="s.015151">116 De lapidibus cùm hæc ſcribebam
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              adduxi experimenta, quæ me mouerunt. </s>
              <s id="s.015152">Ve­
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              rùm vt illa quoque acceſſerunt quæ nunc
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              dicam, haud dubius ſum ſcripſiſſe veriſſi­
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              ma. </s>
              <s id="s.015153">Anno præterito cùm gemmam illam
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              ſomniatricem, ac vigilatricem, digito volu­
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              ptatis cauſa indidiſſem, intra biduum effe­
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              ctum eſt, vt aquam odire, ac metuere vide­
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              rer, ſic vt biberem cum conatu. </s>
              <s id="s.015154">Bona fortu­
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              na euenit, vt non antea per plures annos,
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              neque morſus eſſem à cane, neque canes tra­
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              ctaſſem: nihilominus cùm vnde hoc mihi
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              eueniret hæſitarem, gemmæ recordatus, ſta­
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              tim eam repoſui, & intra dimidium horæ
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              aſpectum aquæ, & potum, abſque vlla repu­
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              gnantia admiſi, nec poſtea auſus ſum illam
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              digito imponere. </s>
              <s id="s.015155">At contra effigies illa Gal­
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              bæ Imperatoris naturalis nigris lineis, in
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              Achate adeò mihi dulces ſomnos reddidit,
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              vt repueraſſiſſe videar: tantam autem ani­
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              mi tranquillitatem adiecit, vt alius penè
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              factus ſim. </s>
              <s id="s.015156">De prudentia non dicam, ne me
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              ipſum laudare velle quis obiiciat, atque hæc
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              omnia menſium quatuor ſpatio. </s>
              <s id="s.015157">Quòd verò
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              odij theologorum meminerit, illum ſatis
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              noui qualis ſit, eos nondum ſum expertus.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.015158">Vnum ſat ſcio me hîc neminem, ex his in­
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              fenſum inueniſſe, neque Lutetiæ: neque
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              ego quicquam feci, aut dixi, quo illos irrita­
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              rem. </s>
              <s id="s.015159">Nunc forſan addita quædam ab alio
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              quopiam inter edendum me non ſolùm in­
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              ſcio, ſed planè vbi ſciui ægrè ferente, forſan
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              poterunt illos extimulare: quæ ſi præuenero,
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              ſcio æquos me experturum. </s>
              <s id="s.015160">Ego enim ab
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              omni calumnia & maledicto, tum iurgio na­
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              tura admodum ſum alienus, mitis ac placi­
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              dus, & Muſarum alumnus. </s>
              <s id="s.015161">De ingenio au­
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              tem quòd rapidiſſimum, fœliciſſimum, atque
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              incomparabile mihi eſſe ait? </s>
              <s id="s.015162">ſi ſeriò dicit, &
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              illi debeo, & mutuum maius accepiſſe cre­
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              dam ſin ſecus, hæc magis conueniebant plu­
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              ra de ſe pollicenti. </s>
              <s id="s.015163">At cur damnat iudicium,
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              ex quo tanta eſt orta fœlicitas in artis exer­
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              citatione, quanta vlli mortalium vnquam?
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              </s>
              <s id="s.015164">Sed poſtquam natura comparatum eſt, vt
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              velut in effigie vnuſquiſque alium melius,
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              quàm ſemetipſum per ſpeculum agnoſcat,
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              ſententiæ ſuæ de noſtro iudicio non repu­
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              gno: multóque minus repugnabo, ſi eam
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              alicuius argumentis oſtenderit. </s>
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              <s id="s.015165">122 Quinque mihi obiicit, in hac exer­
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              citatione, nec vlla grauior, aut verior accu­
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              ſatio: primùm quòd lapidem in bufonis ca­
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              pite
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              Chelonitem appelluuerim, cùm
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                <foreign lang="grc">χελώνε</foreign>
              , dubio procul teſtudinem ſignificet
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              id etiam maximi mei ſtuporis eſſet argu­
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              mentum. </s>
              <s id="s.015166">Exiſtimabam apud Camillum
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              Leonardum legiſſe, & demirabar ſatis, non
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              tamen inueni: in tertia editione emendaue­
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              ram: ſciebam immeritò ſic appellari: potius
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              Myoxoniten, vel Bathraconiten, vel Bathra­
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              conitem à rana dixerim: nam bufo certè
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              ranæ genus eſt, apud omnes autores. </s>
              <s id="s.015167">Cur er­
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              go nomen addamus ſpeciale, cum apud an­
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              tiquos plus vſui eſſent noſtræ ranæ bufoni­
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              bus, erant enim pariter omnes inuiſæ. </s>
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                <expan abbr="Itaq;">Itaque</expan>
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              excidiſſe quædam talia nominibus, dum re­
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              bus ipſis acrius ſum intentus, fallente me­
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              moria non nominum imperitia (nam dixiſ­
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              ſem ſeu) gratulor mihi: vt melius imperi­
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              tiam, & temeritatem meam accuſem, tan­
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              tùm enim habeo, quantum in ſingula mo­
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              menti accipio. </s>
              <s id="s.015169">Excuſaueram hoc in fine li­
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              bri, & putabam debere ſatisfacere. </s>
              <s id="s.015170">Sed ille
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              nimis acer cenſuræ exactor eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.015171">Si tamen ter­
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              tiam hanc editionem exſpectaſſet, pauca vt
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              exiſtimo, in hoc genere ei ſuperfuiſſent, nam
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              & longè plura in libris de Rerum Varietate
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              atque aliis quos caſtigare non potui. </s>
              <s id="s.015172">Prima
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              mihi fuit cura rerum, inde cauſarum, pòſt
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              nominum, inde ordinis, vltima ornatus. </s>
              <s id="s.015173">De
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              echeneide, dictum eſt in libro de Libris pro­
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              priis, dum Rondellitius non accuſat: is cum
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              tuis libris editus eſt, ſed Lugduni. </s>
              <s id="s.015174">De techo­
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              lito nonne præter Plinium vis verbi arridet:
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              nam
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              ſignificat conſumere, liquefacere,
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              mollire, at non propriè
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              , vel
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              quod eſt frango. </s>
              <s id="s.015175">Vicit. </s>
              <s id="s.015176">In verbis, vbi plinium
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              non ſequi religio eſt, relinquit: in rebus ip­
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              ſis & cauſis Grammaticum, quod propha­
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              num eſt amplectitur: non enim tam amens </s>
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