Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              <s id="s.016066">350. Non ita, ſed per calumniam, & inſa­
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              niam iurare debuerat. </s>
              <s id="s.016067">Vide quàm bene cohæ­
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              reant verba illa ſomnio meo, & his quæ ſu­
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              periùs dixerat? </s>
              <s id="s.016068">tantum abeſt, vt antea ſua
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              obrutum iri ſperem, ni forſan per obruere il­
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              luſtrare intelligat? </s>
              <s id="s.016069">quod genus expoſitionis
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              apud ipſum exemplo frequenti non caret. </s>
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              <s id="s.016070">355. Natat in ſua peripaterica Theologia
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              dicens, ſi intelligens, & quod intelligitur eſ­
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              ſet vnum, primæ mentes quantitatem cœlum
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              intelligendo adipiſcerentur? </s>
              <s id="s.016071">Reſpondeo ha­
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              bere quantitatem illam intellectum: nam non
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              aliter intelligendo mouerent, niſi quod &
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              & quo, & per quid mouerent intelligerent.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.016072">At ibi nulla eſt compoſitio, neque diuerſitas:
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              eſt igitur intelligentia rei, & quod intelli­
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              gitur, & quod intelligit idem. </s>
              <s id="s.016073">Ideò intelli­
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              gentiæ meritò appellari poſſent, ſi Romani
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              ſub hoc ſignificato recepiſſent. </s>
              <s id="s.016074">At non erat
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              illis cognitum, quædam eſſe quæ cum ſua
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              operatione, & obiecto eandem eſſe poſſent.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.016075">Inde homo cattus irridet noſtram Dialecti­
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              cam, non abſimilis puero octo annorum cu­
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              iuſdam affinis mei, qui patrem ſuum ad diſ­
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              putationem de ſuis quiſquiliis tum fratrem
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              natu maiorem valde eruditum inuitabat, eos
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              neſcire quæ non profiterentur exiſtimans.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.016076">Deinde victus dicebat, non putabam vos ſci­
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              re tantum de conſtructione, & ratione ſer­
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              monis Latini. </s>
              <s id="s.016077">Ita hic vir quòd non profitea­
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              mur Dialecticam, putat nos neſcire. </s>
              <s id="s.016078">Vtinam
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              velit adeò inſanire, vt aliquod magnum pi­
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              gnus deponat in ea arte, dico etiam in ſophiſ­
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              matibus, videbit an longè peritiores ſimus
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              in eo genere, quàm in Mathematicis? </s>
              <s id="s.016079">vix que
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              ipſi ceſſuros Chryſippo, ſi reuiuiſcat. </s>
              <s id="s.016080">Verùm
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              quod ille magnifacit ob inopiam bonorum
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              ſtudiorum, nos ob eorundem copiam, & no­
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              bilitatem negligimus. </s>
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              <s id="s.016081">357. Admiratur verba illa: Intellectus quo
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              tenuior, eò diuturnior, primùm tenue &
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              craſſum ad corpora, non ad mentes pertinent
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              deinde æterna incrementi vitæ erunt capa­
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              cia, aliquid æterno maius erit: aliquid etiam
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              æterno breuioris vitæ æternum? </s>
              <s id="s.016082">Si in talibus
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              dubitaſſet, excuſatione dignus erat. </s>
              <s id="s.016083">Itaque
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              ſubtilitatem illam puritatem eſſe intelligat, &
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              ſimplicitati propinquitatem quàm maiorem,
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              & minorem eſſe ſi negat? </s>
              <s id="s.016084">negat & illarum or­
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              dinem ad Dei comparationem. </s>
              <s id="s.016085">Ego certè ge­
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              nus illud ſimplicitatis, puritatis, & ſubtilitatis
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              homini cognitum eſſe nego, quadam tamen
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              ſimilitudine declaraui. </s>
              <s id="s.016086">Eſſe tamen conſtat
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              & declarari poteſt: quòd omnia quanto per­
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              fectiora, tanto magis à corporea natura, à
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              compoſitione, à materia, & craſſitie quadam,
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              quæ ſecundum paronymiam dicitur, non ho­
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              monymiam recedunt. </s>
              <s id="s.016087">Ea ſynceritas propin­
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              quitas primo enti diuturnitatem malorem, id
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              eſt, in æternitate conſiſtentiam firmiorem
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              generat: velut ſi pes in arena veſtigium æter­
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              num imprimeret, manifeſtum eſt etiam veſti­
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              gij ſuperficiem adeſſe, eſſet tamen pes veſti­
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              gio æternitatis magis particeps, & veſtigium
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              ſuperficie, quod vnum ex alio penderet. </s>
              <s id="s.016088">Ita­
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              que & æterna varietatem in infinitate ſuſci­
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              piunt, velut & mortalia in tempore. </s>
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              <s id="s.016089">358. Simili ſtupore admiratur verba illa in­
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              telligens, quia ſubſtantia eſt, ideò quieſcit: di­
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              cit, cœlum nonne eſt ſubſtantia? </s>
              <s id="s.016090">pulchre cœ­
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              lum non verè ſubſtantia eſt, quia ſi ab intel­
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              lectu ſeparatur, non eſt: ſi cum illo eatenus
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              eſt, quatenus illi coniunctum eſt, atque ideò
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              potentia quaſi eſt, & ob id in continuo motu
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              æternitatem. </s>
              <s id="s.016091">Subſtantia ergo iuxta parony­
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              miam dicetur de intellectu principali, & cœlo
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              & de cœlo, & de iſtis inferioribus adhuc ma­
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              gis. </s>
              <s id="s.016092">Sed de primo principio, & mentibus di­
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              uinis pluſquàm ſecundum paronymiam, imò
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              nullo horum modorum. </s>
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              <s id="s.016093">359. Sectione 14. ſimili afficitur errore,
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              quanquam ibi indignus venia: nam admoni­
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              tus, volens tamen peccat. </s>
              <s id="s.016094">Primùm non ſe­
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              quitur, hæc ſunt eiuſdem generis, ergo minùs
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              perfectione differunt, quàm quæ genere dif­
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              ferunt. </s>
              <s id="s.016095">Plus enim differt homo à brucho,
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              quàm bruchus ab albedine perfectione, ſicut
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              linea magna plus longitudine à parua differt,
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              parua à puncto. </s>
              <s id="s.016096">Deinde ſi animus noſter,
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              & ipſe intellectus rerum, non magis ſequitur
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              ipſum eſſe accidens, quòd ſit rerum intelle­
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              ctus, quàm rerum intellectum eſſe ſubſtan­
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              tiam, quòd ſit idem quod animus. </s>
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              <s id="s.016097">362. Hic eſt error communis multis, qui
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              Archimedis inuenta non viderint: putat enim
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              maximas res vno argumento poſſe declarari:
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              at non ita eſt, ſed ſerie tota vnius maximi li­
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              bri quandoque indigemus. </s>
              <s id="s.016098">Plures ſunt men­
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              tes non vna tantùm, vt quidem magis, quam
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              Epicurus athei: non tamen poteſt oſtendi
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              vno, nec quatuor argumentis, ſed conſtruere
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              oportet integram declarationem ex multis
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              vniuerſi ordinem oſtendendo, velut Archime­
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              des ex conorum multiplici ratione, & com­
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              poſitione ſphæræ ex infinitis conis, propor­
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              tionem ſphæræ ad maximum conum, inde to­
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              tius extimæ ſuperficiei ad maximum circu­
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              lum. </s>
              <s id="s.016099">Hæc verò potiſſima cauſa eſt ignoran­
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              tiæ rerum, & fruſtratorum ſtudiorum, adeò
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              vt maxima pars hominum, quæ metam ſe
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              ſuperaſſe putat, vt noſtra ſæpia in dialecti­
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              ca ne prima quidem rudimenta attigiſſe vi­
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              detur. </s>
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              <s id="s.016100">364. Scimus ſcabiem non eſſe titillatio­
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              nem, nec multò minùs eſt dolor, vt ipſe ait: vn­
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              de patet non breuitatis cauſa figura vti vt
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              nos, ſed errare: dolor enim in ſcabie eſt ſym­
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              ptoma: ſed titillatio venerea eſt, qualis pru­
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              ritus, qui eſt in ſcabie: atque vtrobique quæ­
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              ritur expulſio infeſti humoris abſque dolore.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.016101">quod in ſcabie non ſit dolor, vt plurimùm,
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              etiamſi ſuperfluum illud retineatur: at in fe­
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              cibus, & vrina, cum violenter retinentur, do­
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              lor accidit: tripliciter igitur in tam paucis
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              verbis peccat, dum alios perperàm repre­
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              hendit. </s>
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              PERORATIO.
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              <s id="s.016103">Hauſimus tandem hunc inſuauem labo­
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              rem, vt pleraque alia difficilia, publicæ
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              vtilitatis cauſa, poſtquam res ipſa exemplo
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              non caruit, nec ſolùm hominum, ſed etiam
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              naturæ. </s>
              <s id="s.016104">Quicquid enim inſigne tulit, ac pla­
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              nè admirabile, tanquam ſuummet opus irri­
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              deret, peſte aliqua fœdauit. </s>
              <s id="s.016105">Elephantem cra­
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              brones, delphinem aſili vexant. </s>
              <s id="s.016106">Non defuit
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              Homero Sagaris, Heſiodo Cercopes, Socrati
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              Antiochus Lemnius maſtiges: quamuis hi
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              diuini propè viri eſſent. </s>
              <s id="s.016107">At noſter hic calum-</s>
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