Huygens, Christiaan, Christiani Hugenii opera varia; Bd. 2: Opera geometrica. Opera astronomica. Varia de optica

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            ſe, ex quo verus ac ſimplex Planetarum motus, rejectis Epi-
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            cyclorum figmentis, repertus ſit; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8985" xml:space="preserve">atque ita demum Aſtrono-
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            nomia cum naturæ cognitione conjuncta. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8986" xml:space="preserve">Hiſce ut occurra-
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            tur, addam ad ſuperius reſponſum, quod à divina provi-
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            dentia petebatur, dubitari non poſſe, quin ea conditione
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            homines nati ſint, ut multo temporis decurſu paulatim artes
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            diſciplinaſque eruant; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8987" xml:space="preserve">nullam enim harum iis ingenitam eſſe,
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            aut ſubito à Deo infuſam, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8988" xml:space="preserve">has de quibus nunc agimus,
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            omnium eſſe difficillimas remotiſſimaſque: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8989" xml:space="preserve">ut magis mirum ſit
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            unquam incipere eas potuiſſe, quam tam tarde fuiſſe inſpectas.
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s8990" xml:space="preserve">Pauci fateor ſingulis ætatibus has curant, aut ad ſe pertinere
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            exiſtimant: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8991" xml:space="preserve">ſed ſi multorum ſæculorum tempora cogitentur,
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            non exiguus fiet illorum Numerus; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8992" xml:space="preserve">quos, quemadmodum
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            ſibi videntur, reliquis beatiores eſſe quis negaverit? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8993" xml:space="preserve">Deni-
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            que paucorum induſtria in his rebus exerceri ſatis erat, cum
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            inventorum utilitas ad nationes totas genteſque longe porri-
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            gatur. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8994" xml:space="preserve">Cum igitur hujus Terræ incolis, etſi paucis tantum,
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            ad ea percipienda ingenium & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8995" xml:space="preserve">aptitudo contigerit; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8996" xml:space="preserve">nihiloque
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            putandi ſint cæterorum planetarum habitatoribus præſtantio-
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            res felicioreſve; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8997" xml:space="preserve">manet profecto, quam inveneramus, veri-
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            ſimilitudo, ut etiam apud illos reperiantur qui cognitione
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            Aſtronomiæ non careant. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8998" xml:space="preserve">Nunc ad alia pergamus quæ in-
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            de conſequi, neceſſe eſt.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s9000" xml:space="preserve">Oſtendimus quomodo unà cum hac ſcientia, non ſolum
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            Geometria & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9001" xml:space="preserve">Arithmetice, ſed & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9002" xml:space="preserve">Mechanicæ artes, inſtru-
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            mentaque incolis Planetarum concedenda ſint. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9003" xml:space="preserve">Hic verò
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            jam ſponte obvenit ut quæramus, quo pacto inſtrumentis
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            illis, Machiniſque, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9004" xml:space="preserve">ad ſidera obſervanda organis uti poſ-
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            ſint, aut quomodo literas ducere; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9005" xml:space="preserve">quæ omnia nos manuum
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            opera exequimur. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9006" xml:space="preserve">Itaque neceſſario & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9007" xml:space="preserve">manus habebunt,
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            vel aliud quodpiam, quod vicem earum fungi poſſit, mem-
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              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-0416-01" xlink:href="note-0416-01a" xml:space="preserve">Planeticolas
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              manus habe-
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            brum. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9008" xml:space="preserve">In quibus hominum generi tantum eſſe præſidii exi-
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            ſtimabat è veteribus Philoſophis quidam, ut in iis cauſam
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            reponeret omnis eorum ſapientiæ. </s>
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            ſit, abſque manuum opera homines ad cultum animi, re-
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            rumque cognitionem non fuiſſe perventuros. </s>
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