Gassendi, Pierre, De motu impresso a motore translato epistulae duae, 1642

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              nique iſteic polus attollatur gradibus proximè qua­
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              draginta nouem. </s>
              <s id="id.000746">Dicent non totam Terram in bo­
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              ream, ſed nos duntaxat progredi; verùm id adfer­
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              tur ſolùm in exemplum, vt oſtendam, ſeu oculus ſo­
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              lus, ſeu oculus vnà cum Terra progrediatur verſus
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              ortum, poſſe ſidera videri attolli; neque, vt hoc
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              appareat, eſſe neceſſarium, conuerti ipſa verſus oc­
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              caſum. </s>
              <s id="id.000747">Addo, ſi iudicant facilius moueri ſolum
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              oculum, quàm totam Terram in boream; cur non
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              facilius quoque iudicent moueri ſolam Terram in
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              ortum, quàm ſidera omnia, machinamque cælorum
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              vniuerſam moueri in occaſum? </s>
              <s id="id.000748">Non definio ſanè
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              vtrum fiat: ſed cùm, quod ſpectat ad oculum, poſ­
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              ſit vtrumque æquè præſtari; innuo ſolùm eſſe ra­
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              tione agendum, vt mens in eam partem propendeat,
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              quam ratio fecerit veriſimiliorem. </s>
              <s id="id.000749">Hoc verò poſito,
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              cùm ratione ſuadente ſit veroſimilius moueri nauim
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              verſus portum, quàm portum, ac naueis, & domos,
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              terraſque attiguas moueri verſus ipſam nauim; &
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              ſpectante aliquo ex edita turri totam ciuitatem
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              circumpoſitam, probabilius ſit hominem in faſti­
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              gium turris emergere, ſeſeque in omnem circum
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              partem conuertere, quàm ciuitatem totam deprimi,
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              ac circa ipſum conuerti; & oratore pro ſuggeſtu
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              perorante, conſentaneum magis ſit ipſius vultum
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              ad omneis circùm auditorij parteis ex ordine dirigi,
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              quàm totum auditorium circa vultum immobilem,
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              atque id genus ſimilia: Cur non ratione eadem ſua­
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              dente fiat veroſimilius, probabilius, magis conſen­
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              taneum moueri Terram verſus ortum, ac totam </s>
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