Casati, Paolo, De igne dissertationes physicae, 1686

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            apertiora ora patuerint, nec cornibus aſpera frons ſemper in ictu
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            ſit; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s580" xml:space="preserve">immò nec illum natura plumis induit, nec villis muniuit, nec
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            ſpinis ſtipauit, nec ſquammis obduxit, nec teſtâ protexit, ſed
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            nudum planè atque inermem protulit in arenam, vbi cum vniuer-
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            ſo mortis ſatellitio dimicandum eſt, quin id hnmanæ naturæ inſir-
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            mitati tribuendum ſit, ſed potiùs dignitati; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s581" xml:space="preserve">quia nimirum ratio-
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            cinandi vi prædita cùm ſit, potuit ſibi ipſa aliundè opportuna ſub-
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            ſidia comparare: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s582" xml:space="preserve">Ita Diuini Numinis prouidentia conſtituit, vt
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            non ea omnia, quibus vita alitur, ac ſuſtentatur, homini, quem-
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            admodum brutis, in promptu eſſent, quin aliqua adhibenda eſ-
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            ſet præparatio, vt præſenti neceſſitati congruerent; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s583" xml:space="preserve">ſed ſatis ha-
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            buit illum ratione donatum locupletâſſe inſtrumentis, quibus poſ-
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            ſet in rem præſentem ſuis mederi incommodis, prouidere ſaluti, & </s>
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            ſi libitum fuerit, etiam ſeruire voluptati. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s585" xml:space="preserve">Id autem abſque igne
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            non perfici ita palam eſt, vt ſuperuacaneum ſit pluribus explicare:
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s586" xml:space="preserve">hoc enim abundè demonſtrat Plato in Protagora, fabellâ illâ, qua
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            dicitur Epimetheus omnes præclaras naturæ vires atque facultates
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            ad vitam tuendam neceſſarias in varia beſtiarum genera ita inſi-
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            pienter effudiſſe, vt nihil ſupereſſet, quo genus humanum orna-
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            ret. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s587" xml:space="preserve">*Cumque aliam ſalutis humane viam conſultans Prometheus*
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            *non inueniret, ſurripuit Vulsani Mineru eque artificioſam pariter*
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            *cum Igne ſapientiam. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s588" xml:space="preserve">Neque enim fieri poterat, vt eam ſinè Igne*
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            *nanciſceretur quis, vel etiam vteretur. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s589" xml:space="preserve">Eam itaque ſic hominum*
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            *generi Prometheus intulit; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s590" xml:space="preserve">atque ita ſapientiam, quæ victum ſup-*
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            *peditat, conſecuti ſumus.</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s591" xml:space="preserve">* Quare ad mirandum non videtur, quid
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            ſit, quod homini tantùm ignis tributus eſt, vt vſum ex illo
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            capiat.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s593" xml:space="preserve">Et quidem ad confirmandam cùm à vetere morbo, tum à nouis
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            tentationibus valetudinem, mirum quantum prodeſt ignis; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s594" xml:space="preserve">ſiue
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            recreandi ſint ex laſſitudine nerui, ſiuè diſcutiendi è corpore hali-
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            tus noxij, ſiue proliciendi cùm ſudore humores corrupti, ſiuè
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            morbi cœteroquin inſanabiles, atque integra membra exedentes,
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            exterminandi. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s595" xml:space="preserve">Quàm manca eſſet atque imperfecta ſinè ignis ac-
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            ceſſione Medicina? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s596" xml:space="preserve">Neque ea ſolùm, quæ Chymicis exercitatio-
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            nibus innixa puras medicamentorum animas, pinguioris admiſtio-
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            ne corporis liberatas, exhibens facilem & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s597" xml:space="preserve">expeditam valetudinis
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            curationem pollicetur: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s598" xml:space="preserve">Sed & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s599" xml:space="preserve">vulgaris illa, quæ tantum exiſti-
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            mationis Medicis, Pharmacopœis tantum lucri, ægrotis </s>
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