Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              ab vſu. </s>
              <s id="s.015481">Tum reliqua plenæ ſtultitiæ ſuæ ar­
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              gumenta ac leuitatis: ſi enim vidit, cur ita
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              ſcripſit: ſi non vidit, cur de ſenſu mentio­
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              nem fecit? </s>
              <s id="s.015482">ſatis eſt quod acutè in margine
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              adiecit. </s>
              <s id="s.015483">Vides ergo cuinam ex rebus ſuis
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              etiam ſi vidiſſe ſe affirmet, tutò poſſis ad­
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              hibere fidem? </s>
              <s id="s.015484">Hæc eſt peripateticorum in­
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              conſulta temeritas, & audacia incredibi­
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              lis, non Ariſtotelis, aut Theophraſti,
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              ſed eorum qui aliorum nominibus egre­
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              giis iniuſtiſſimè ſibi ſapientiæ famam vin­
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              dicant. </s>
              <s id="s.015485">Defende modò hominem à ſtulti­
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              tia, à leuitate, à temeritate, à mendatio
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              manifeſto, ſi potes quiſquis es, & crimi­
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              ne ab vno diſce omnes. </s>
              <s id="s.015486">Inde me arguit,
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              quòd Plinij ſtultitiam non reprehenderim,
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              ſimilis Bergomenſi cuidam, qui Andreæ
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              Griti Venetiarum ducis, vt vocant, inſi­
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              gni maieſtate viri, improbat effigiem, quod
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              hernia gulæ illi deeſſet, quæ ſuis inquilinis
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              eſſet familiaris. </s>
              <s id="s.015487">Non ego horas in refellen­
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              do alienas ſtultitias conſumere volo, nec in
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              concordandis imperitorum verbis temerè
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              effutitis: ſed ſi quid ad rem ſpectat, perti­
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              nétve, hoc mei muneris eſſe puto. </s>
              <s id="s.015488">In ſe­
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              cunda ſectione, non ſolùm inutiliter, ſed ine­
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              ptè nugatur humana temperatura optima
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              eſt, ſed & compoſitio neceſſaria eſt, quæ
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              in Elephanto, quòd ad vitam attinet, me­
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              lior eſt. </s>
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              <s id="s.015489">207 Inde in hac & ſequentibus pluri­
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              bus, vt etiam antea de plantis vagatur, cer­
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              ta, incerta, nullo ordine, nulla ratione, nul­
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              lo nexu miſcens, eſtque facilè videre ipſum
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              hac in parte ſibi videri regnare, ac vt Itali
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              vocant, gongolare. </s>
              <s id="s.015490">Eſt autem ita gaudio
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              ac lætitia oppleri, vt gurgulio non videatur
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              poſſe continere, & maius aliquid quàm ge­
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              ſtire. </s>
              <s id="s.015491">Ideò maximè torquetur, quod Plinium
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              damnem, cùm eiuſdem argumenti libros
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              conſcripſerit: ſcilicet multæ tractationis,
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              paucæ ſcientiæ: in multa diuiſos, nullibi
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              diſtinctos plurima docentes, nihil declaran­
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              tes: de omnium nominibus, de nullius ſcien­
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              tia rei, hiſtoriam generalem, à qua tamen
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              fides omnis, & certus author abſit. </s>
              <s id="s.015492">Hæc
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              illum delectant, hoc genus ſcribendi ap­
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              plaudit. </s>
              <s id="s.015493">Sed neſcio quomodo tot, tantáque
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              huc tranſtulerit, quæ ſi ſuſtulit à libris hi­
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              ſtoriarum rerum naturalium, certè magnum
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              ibi vacuum relicturus eſt? </s>
              <s id="s.015494">ſi repetit, quid
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              abſurdius? </s>
              <s id="s.015495">Sed hæc ad ipſum ſpectant, cu­
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              ius iudicio ( adeò ſibi placet ) nihil non
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              rectè ſe ſcribere poſſe putat, quòd animo
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              decreuerit. </s>
              <s id="s.015496">Cæterùm cùm ſibi tantum pla­
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              ceat, id Ptolemæi ſcire debuit: Qui ſibi
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              placet, Dei ira dignus eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.015497">Hæc ille tantus
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              vir, cuius ingenio adeò illuſtri vix alium
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              quenquam comparare audeam, non hæc
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              dixiſſet, ſi ſibi ipſe placuiſſet. </s>
              <s id="s.015498">Nos, tan­
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              tum abeſt vt nobis placeamus, pro his
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              quæ ſcripſimus, vt etiam iraſcamur, no­
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              ſtráque plus damnemus, quàm laudemus:
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              non equidem ob ea, quæ ille inanire obii­
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              cit, ſed quoniam quodcunque ſcimus, non
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              noſtrum eſt opus ſed Dei. </s>
              <s id="s.015499">Noſtra ſunt fur­
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              ta, cædes, doli, veneficia, rapinæ, & ſi
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              quis error irrepſerit. </s>
              <s id="s.015500">Quin etiam Virgilius
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              nónne moriens iuſſit, opus illud eximium,
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              quod vniuerſa poſteritate adeò admiratur,
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              flammis tradi? </s>
              <s id="s.015501">adeò diſplicuit illi quod aliis
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              tam gratum fuit. </s>
              <s id="s.015502">Ita Deus illi vt mihi velim
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              mentem det, quam vis abundare illa ſe exi­
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              ſtimet, opto. </s>
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              <s id="s.015503">208 Sufficit vidiſſe leones circumagentes
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              collum, vt intelligamus non eſſe vnum os:
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              ſed tamen laudo eam diligentiam, modò
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              quiſquam quicquam illi in poſterum credere
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              velit. </s>
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              <s id="s.015504">211 Irridet rurſus, quia non intelligit hu­
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              midum ſtercus in animalibus, ac copioſum
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              impedire, ne animal bene oleat. </s>
              <s id="s.015505">Nam ſi ſter­
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              cus eſt humidum & multum, totum animal
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              tale eſſe neceſſe eſt, quomodo ergo bene ole­
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              bit? </s>
              <s id="s.015506">Propterea in Zibetho ſolùm pars bene
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              olet: imò illius excrementum in Moſcho
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              quoniam totum neceſſe eſt ſtercus habere
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              paucum & ſiccum, ideò multum inter ſe dif­
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              ferunt modi hi odoratorum animalium. </s>
              <s id="s.015507">Sed
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              hic vir nihil nouit aliud facere, quàm con­
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              fundere. </s>
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              <s id="s.015508">In ſecunda ſectione, vult eſſe ſudoris
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              ſtrigmentum, cùm è folliculo detrahatur.
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              <s id="s.015509">Diximus aliàs totam hiſtoriam. </s>
              <s id="s.015510">Sed quem
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              lapidem non mouet? </s>
              <s id="s.015511">& tamen quàm abſur­
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              dè vir hic oſtendit cicures fieri etiam mures
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              pro monſtro, ſed difficillimè, vt vix nun­
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              quam tutò tractare poſſis: omnia carniuora
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              cicurare licet ob cauſas generaliter dictas.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.015512">Ad nos ex Hiſpania aduectos conſtat: non
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              negaui aliunde non aduehi, velut & nunc
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              oua bombycum, quæ tamen originem pri­
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              mam à calidiore cœlo, quàm ſit Hiſpani­
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              cum ſumpſerunt, ita de hoc verimiſile eſt
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              ob rei excellentiam. </s>
              <s id="s.015513">Inde morum ſuorum in
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              tertia ſectione non oblitus, virus ſuum
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              euomit. </s>
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              <s id="s.015514">216 Hic malignitatem ſuam ita prodit,
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              vt hæſitans relegerim primam editionem,
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              ne fortè in illa deceptus eſſem. </s>
              <s id="s.015515">Sed neque ibi
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              erratum. </s>
              <s id="s.015516">Propoſitionem vniuerſalem doceo,
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              demonſtro indicóque qualiter intelligi de­
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              beat: hic peruertit ſenſum; omittit demon­
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              ſtrationem, & declarationem, inde accuſat,
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              tam fœdè ac turpiter, vt eius vice confundar
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              & erubeſcam. </s>
              <s id="s.015517">Quid iam amplius apud hunc
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              ſycophantam tutum eſſe poteſt? </s>
              <s id="s.015518">Quid dete­
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              rius? </s>
              <s id="s.015519">addidit etiam cauſam, quæ me ad
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              errorem adegerit aſino dignam. </s>
              <s id="s.015520">Certè im­
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              pudentiorem hominem illo nunquam vidiſ­
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              ſe teſtor. </s>
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              <s id="s.015521">218 Tota illa hiſtoria de ſturione, in tertio
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              exemplari emendata erat, quod ea ad libros
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              de Rerum varietate tranſlata eſſet, quos con­
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              ſtat (vt dixi) ante ſuas exercitationes eſſe im­
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              preſſos, ne quid me ab illo ſurripuiſſe poſſit
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              gloriari. </s>
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              <s id="s.015522">219 Debuerat conſulere ſequentem edi­
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              tionem liuidus hic, inueniſſet ( tametſi
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              etiam ſine illis verbis apertè intelligere­
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              tur me de motu progreſſus loqui) hæc ver­
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              ba: De motu progrediendi loquor, vnde
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              illæ tot declamationes hoc vno verbo ſubla­
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              tæ ſunt. </s>
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              <s id="s.015523">220 Dicit nullas eſſe cauſas numeri,
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              vel formæ ſtriarum. </s>
              <s id="s.015524">Primùm (vt dixi) ſupe­
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              riùs, aut quædam certum habent numerum
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              abſque operatione. </s>
              <s id="s.015525">Deinde hic è tribus vnum
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              recipiat oportet, aut vt
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              in
                <expan abbr="artificiosã">artificiosam</expan>
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              faciat aduerſus
                <expan abbr="Galenũ">Galenum</expan>
              , Ariſtotelem, omnes, </s>
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