Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              vita, quàm nomina piſcium congerere,
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              qui nihil aliud quàm piſces olet, ab amiſſi­
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              mo tanquam imperitus damnatur, vt iam
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              ei nihil reliquum ſit. </s>
              <s id="s.015604">Si tantum in his pau­
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              cis, in quibus hic illum accuſat, at non
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              præſtabat ſi vel ſolùm illi etiam nomine no­
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              tus eſſet, eum admonere priuatim, vt ſe
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              corrigeret? </s>
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              <s id="s.015605">246 Quis videt me hîc exultantem?
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              <s id="s.015606">ſed non poteram diſſimulare, cùm Galenus
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              ſine cerebro, Ariſtoteles ſine corde neget
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              motum partibus ineſſe. </s>
              <s id="s.015607">Cæterùm quod di-
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              cat, perire diuiſionem datam, non animad­
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              uertit in entomis ſenſum etiam non ſolùm
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              motum ſeruari. </s>
              <s id="s.015608">In tertia ſectione reprehen­
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              dit, quod portentoſa animalia dixerim? </s>
              <s id="s.015609">nón­
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              ne portentoſum eſt in lapidibus, & ſub ter­
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              ra naſci? </s>
              <s id="s.015610">forma etiam gammarorum, & in­
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              ceſſus cancrorum peculiaris. </s>
              <s id="s.015611">Sed quid ipſe
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              muſcerdæ meminit, tanquam ſtercoris muſ­
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              cæ, cùm ſit muris ſtercus? </s>
              <s id="s.015612">Vellicat quod
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              muſcas dixerim alicubi non ingredi: certum
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              eſt ita eſſe. </s>
              <s id="s.015613">Cauſæ quas adduximus ſatis
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              probabiles: commendaretur ſi veras attu­
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              liſſet, non negare quod conſtat, vel ſui
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              Plinij teſtimonio. </s>
              <s id="s.015614">Quòd ſi quis omnes cau­
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              ſas à me enarratas hîc ei quàm de turri
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              adiecimus ſociauerit, intelliget quòd fer­
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              tur de domo illa Venetiis, non fuiſſe fa­
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              bulam. </s>
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              <s id="s.015615">248 Eſt homini ſimul humidiſſimum, &
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              frigidiſſimum cerebrum tum multitudine,
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              tum quò magis fieri potuit: non in compa­
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              ratione, vt credit ad reliqua animalia: ita
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              dupliciter fallitur: nam comparatiuè & de
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              qualitate intelligit. </s>
              <s id="s.015616">De mollitie etiam ab­
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              errat, quia loquimur de ea quæ eſt cum ſo­
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              liditate, & ita mollior homo limacibus, &
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              marinis pulmonibus: illa enim ſunt potiùs
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              laxa quàm mollia. </s>
              <s id="s.015617">De calidiſſimo quoque &
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              humidiſſimo, & tenuiſſima ſubſtantia, ſciat
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              id verum eſſe, quoniam cùm maximè com­
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              miſta ſint elementa, attenuata ſubſtantia
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              eſt, vſque quo fieri poſſit, atque ideò ex
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              ea ſpiritus confertim generantur. </s>
              <s id="s.015618">Ita cor
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              hominis eſt calidiſſimum, & ſicciſſimum,
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              quia plus habet elementi terrei exactè con­
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              cocti, hoc idem tamen propter commiſtio­
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              nem, & qualitates obtuſas proximum eſt
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              temperamento. </s>
              <s id="s.015619">Quid plura? </s>
              <s id="s.015620">ac ſi vellem
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              fractam nolam totam denuò conficere,
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              imbutum falſis principiis perſuaſione de ſe­
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              metipſo ampla, in atrium veritatis dedu­
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              cere. </s>
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              <s id="s.015621">250 Poſtquàm rationibus nec experi­
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              mentis vincere non poteſt, ad pietatis pa­
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              trocinium ſe referat, quòd plures opifices
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              quaſi plures Deos poſuerim. </s>
              <s id="s.015622">At non videt
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              principem aliquem multa habentem ſigilla?
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              <s id="s.015623">Et qualis inſpiratur animus ſingulis? </s>
              <s id="s.015624">Et
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              non differunt, ſeu corpora, ſeu animas di­
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              xeris, ſed hæc ad æternitatis arcana remi­
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              ſimus. </s>
              <s id="s.015625">In quinta ſectione, muſca eſt pro­
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              pter ornatum, eadem eſt ad perfectionem:
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              perfectio enim ornatus, vt in ædibus. </s>
              <s id="s.015626">Di­
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              xi ſuperiùs, non omnes cauſas propoſitum
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              mihi eſſe vt explicarem, ſed præcipuas,
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              aut ſi ex his tanquam annexæ aliæ pen­
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              deant. </s>
              <s id="s.015627">Inde nugatur clamoſus hic Gramma­
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              ticus. </s>
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              <s id="s.015628">251 De cognitione ſingulorum aberrat
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              (
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              vt dici ſolet
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              toto cœlo. </s>
              <s id="s.015629">Optimè enim &
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              longè exquiſitius à ſuperis cognoſcuntur,
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              quàm ab hominibus, ſed non eodem modo,
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              neque ſub eiſdem rationibus omnibus, ſed
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              plerunque, aut ſemper aliis, iiſque meliori­
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              bus, ideò nugatur vt ſolet. </s>
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              <s id="s.015630">252 Simia, & elephas non ſunt ſagaciora
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              cane, vel vulpe, ſunt tamen prudentiora, nam
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              & inter homìnes prudentiores ſunt multi,
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              rudi Minerua. </s>
              <s id="s.015631">De nomine ſagacis ſi non pla­
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              cet, accipiamus aſtutum, vafrum. </s>
              <s id="s.015632">Quanquam
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              & Cicero, & Feſtus, & alij in eodem quo
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              nos ſenſu accipiant. </s>
              <s id="s.015633">Ita hic nouus Priſ­
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              cianus, docet nos deſipere, impudens
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              venia. </s>
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              <s id="s.015634">253 Hominis corpus denſiſſimum eſſe
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              non putat, quia piloſum, & ſudet: num
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              aues, & quadrupedia plumis, & pilis fre­
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              quentioribus obſita ſunt? </s>
              <s id="s.015635">denſitas eſt in ſub­
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              ſtantia, non inter ſubſtantiæ partes. </s>
              <s id="s.015636">Stul­
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              tum eſt puerilibus illius obiectionibus re­
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              ſpondere, ſed tamen ob ineptos volumus.
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              <s id="s.015637">Puram terram, quæ igne repurgatur, voca­
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              mus: nam putreſcit, dum oſſa manent, vi­
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              detur plus continere illius elementi. </s>
              <s id="s.015638">Quis
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              non videt indignas has obiectiones, vel idio­
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              tas viro, nedum Philoſopho? </s>
              <s id="s.015639">Solùm id iure
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              dubitatum, quod tamen experimento ve­
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              rum èſſe conſtat, quónam pacto tanto cum
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              pondere homo conſiſtat, tam parum ter­
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              ræ contineat? </s>
              <s id="s.015640">Videretur enim vt ipſe re­
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              ctè dubitat, totus aqueas eſſe? </s>
              <s id="s.015641">ob id ergo
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              dicimus hominem multò plus terræ ela­
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              boratæ continere, quæ dum putreſcit, aut
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              vritur, corpus exhalat: ideo hæc pura ter­
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              ra non eſt, ſed media inter ignem & ter­
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              ram: ergo non grauis? </s>
              <s id="s.015642">falleris. </s>
              <s id="s.015643">In pyrio
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              enim puluere eſt grauitas, & tamen vis
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              ignea ſuperior eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.015644">Si hoc modo dubitaſ­
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              ſet, certè laude dignus eſſet. </s>
              <s id="s.015645">At non pu­
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              det quæcunque in buccam veniunt mandare
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              ſcriptis, & tot ineptiis chartas implere. </s>
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              <s id="s.015646">254 Hic tanta molitur ſuper verbo Co­
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              gnoſcerentur, cùm non ſolùm ſecunda,
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              ſed prima editio Norinbergenſis habeat
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              Cognoſceret, quod ipſemet probat, vt ſtu­
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              porem hominis admirari cogar. </s>
              <s id="s.015647">Inter co­
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              gnoſceret & cognoſcerentur præter notam,
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              neceſſaria etiam erat interpoſito literæ N,
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              vt vix credere poſſim, in Lugdunenſi,
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              aut Lutetiana erratum. </s>
              <s id="s.015648">Sed ſit ita modò?
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              </s>
              <s id="s.015649">cui imputandus eſt error? </s>
              <s id="s.015650">& cur non ſen­
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              ſus ipſe rei eum admonuit? </s>
              <s id="s.015651">Adducit ani­
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              malia quæ fallant: ſolus homo fallit, il­
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              la decipiunt, & naturæ impulſu, non me­
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              ditatione. </s>
              <s id="s.015652">Dicit deinde fallere, non eſſe
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              finem hominis? </s>
              <s id="s.015653">eſt, ſed non perfecti. </s>
              <s id="s.015654">Quæ­
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              dam enim ſunt propter finem, quædam
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              ſunt neceſſaria, & quædam conſequen­
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              tia: hoc eſt, conſequens & neceſſarium,
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              non tamen in finis ratione continetur,
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              ſicut finis ciuitatis eſt vnio. </s>
              <s id="s.015655">Ex hoc ta­
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              men neceſſariò conſequuntur lites & diſ­
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              cordiæ. </s>
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              <s id="s.015656">256 Vera fatetur ipſe. </s>
              <s id="s.015657">Nihil enim inueni­
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              re nouit, ſed aliena congerere: nos plura in­
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              uenimus quàm acceperimus. </s>
              <s id="s.015658">Quod ſi om­
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              nes aliena corraderent, vnde iam incremen­
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              tum artibus: ita hic, vt Cicero ait, valuit </s>
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