Huygens, Christiaan, Christiani Hugenii opera varia; Bd. 2: Opera geometrica. Opera astronomica. Varia de optica
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            rum literarum ſenſu, ut etiam de controverſiis quæ, ut vo-
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            cant, facti ſunt, neceſſario iis ſtandum ſit: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8037" xml:space="preserve">ac plane, quie-
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            tem Telluris rationibus potius adſtruendam, quàm diploma-
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            tis ſanciendam, exiſtimant. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8038" xml:space="preserve">Quin etiam in Gallia paſſim
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            Syſtema Copernici non tanquam hypotheſin, ſed ut liqui-
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            dam veritatem propugnari certum eſt, idque ab ipſis Eccle-
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            ſiaſticis, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8039" xml:space="preserve">Sacerdotibus, qui voluminibus totis publice do-
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            ctrinam eam tradunt, nihil, quod ſciam, Roma contradi-
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            cente. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8040" xml:space="preserve">Quæ omnia perpendens, pridem credidi præter A-
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            ſtronomiæ ignaros, imperitamque multitudinem, tantùm
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            adhuc Cleanthes aliquos, in quibus & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8041" xml:space="preserve">Fabrius, antiquo er-
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            rori adhæreſcere, vique irrita Telluris motui obniti.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s8043" xml:space="preserve">Cæterum cum mordicus, ut ait, hoc propoſitum teneat,
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            ac planetas reliquos proinde nullo modo Terræ aſſimilandos
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            putet, nihil mirum eſt, nec ferre eum potuiſſe Saturnicola-
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            rum ullam mentionem fieri. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8044" xml:space="preserve">Ubi tamen injuria me culpat.
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            </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8045" xml:space="preserve">Nam non ita de illis diſſerui, ut eſſe aliquos affirmarem, aut,
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            rationibus adductis, veriſimile id eſſe evincerem. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8046" xml:space="preserve">Quin imo
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            abſtinere me dixi plura ſcribere de Aſtronomia, qualis inco-
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            lentibus Saturnum futura eſſet, eo quod abſurdum nimis ple-
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            rique arbitrentur homines in planetis degere; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8047" xml:space="preserve">qui proinde
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            fruſtra me inveſtigare dicturi eſſent, quid ii obſervent, qui
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            in rerum natura non ſunt. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8048" xml:space="preserve">Cum autem, in periodo Lunæ
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            Saturniæ computanda, menſes Saturnicolarum nominavi,
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            nihil novum aut inſolitum Aſtronomis feci, quibus nihil fre-
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            quentius eſt, quam ut in Soleaut Luna aliquem exiſtere imagi-
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            nentur, qui inde aſtrorum motus ſpeculetur. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8049" xml:space="preserve">Non erat itaque
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            quod commentum hoc de Saturnicolis me ibi propoſuiſſe Fa-
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            brius culparet. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8050" xml:space="preserve">Quanquam etſi ſecus foret, neque primus
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            ego hoc prodidiſſem, neque ridiculum adeo, apud Philoſo-
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            phos quidem, quam ille exiſtimat. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8051" xml:space="preserve">Verum præter inſtitu-
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            tum ad iſta non digrediar. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8052" xml:space="preserve">Vocat me Fabriani Syſtematis
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            contemplatio, illius nempe quo, poſtquam meum diruit,
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            phænomena circa Saturnum commodè exponi poſſeconfidit. </s>
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            Nam priora illa, quibus Saturni ipſius motum novis legibus
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            ordinare aggreditur, nihil huc pertinent, neque </s>
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