Biancani, Giuseppe
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Aristotelis loca mathematica
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1615
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<
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mi duo Philoſophi, Philippus Mendeus, ac Theon Smyr
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næus in Platonis Dialogis egregiè perfecerunt, vt videli
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cet quæ paſſim ſummus hic Philoſophus de Mathemati
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cis ſcripta reliquit, eadem ipſa ab illis ſelecta, & in vnum
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quaſi corpus redacta lucubrationibus illuſtrarent: idem ego quoque in
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Ariſtotelis operibus efficere ſum conatus, vt quæ de Mathematicis re
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bus in vniuerſis eiuſdem monumentis ſparſa leguntur, eadem in vnum
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à me collecta, & explicata ijs Philoſophiæ ſtudioſis maxime ſeruirent,
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qui priſca illa conſuetudine relicta, Mathematicarum omnium ignari
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non ſine graui ſtudiorum ſuorum detrimento Philoſophiæ curriculum
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aggrediuntur. </
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nius cognoſcantur operæpretium erit initio illius cauſas exponere; quæ
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me potiſſimum ad illud conſcribendum compulerunt, quarum</
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numerantur, peſſimè latinis literis conſignata ſunt vſque adeò, vt Ari
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ſtotelem ipſum, vel inuitum (quod poſtea multis in locis planum fiet) in
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abſurdiſſima errata ſæpiſſimè compellant.</
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declarata in tenebris magno noſtrorum malo deliteſcunt: cuiuſmodi
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ſunt ad ſexaginta problemata, libellus de lineis in ſecabilibus, libellus
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de mundo, ſi tamen Ariſtotelis eſt, & Mechanicæ quæſtiones, quamuis
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enim Picolomineus in eas paraphraſim ediderit, loca tamen earum dif
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ficiliora non ſatis illuſtrauit. </
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nimùm numerantur, quibus illud Platonis inſcriptum eſt
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; & in quibus Mathematicæ diſciplinæ rudes, & imperiti, quem
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ſequuntur ducem Ariſt. eum ſæpe deſerere non ſine turpi dedecoris no
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ta coguntur; quo fit vt exempla illa Mathematica lucem rebus aliquan
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do allatura, tenebras cimmerijs, vt aiunt vmbris craſſiores ijſdem
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obducant.</
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obſcurè admodum ea, quæ ad Mathematicum ſpectant, attingunt, hoc
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enim ab ipſis
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ponitur, Lectorem eſſe, vt moris tunc erat, omnium
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Philo ſophorum, Mathematicis imbutum; at verò noſtra ætate magna
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cum Philoſophiæ iactura, quamplurimi earumdem diſciplinarum deſti
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tuti præſidijs, ne Græcorum quidem Interpretum explanationes, ne
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dum Ariſt. obſcurè dicta intelligunt.</
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