Zanotti, Francesco Maria, Della forza de' corpi che chiamano viva libri tre, 1752

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            go giro. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1620" xml:space="preserve">Che volete? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1621" xml:space="preserve">riſpoſi io allora; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1622" xml:space="preserve">il Padre
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            Riccati lo fa egli pure; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1623" xml:space="preserve">e ſe io nol faceva ancor’
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            io, il Signor D. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1624" xml:space="preserve">Niccola mi avrebbe accuſato.
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1625" xml:space="preserve">Per altro il Padre Riccati alla perfine viene anch’
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            egli in queſto, che la forza viva altro non ſia,
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            che l’ inerzia, inquanto conſerva il cangiamento
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            prodotto da una potenza contro un’ altra poten-
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            za, che lo va diſtruggendo; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1626" xml:space="preserve">che è quanto dire: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1627" xml:space="preserve">la-
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            ſcia, che la potenza contraria lo diſtrugga a po-
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            co a poco, et eſſa intanto va conſervando gli a-
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            vanzi, finchè alcuno ne reſta. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1628" xml:space="preserve">Ma crede egli, diſ-
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            ſe allora la Signora Principeſſa, che l’ inerzia ſia
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            una vera forza, e che conſervando quegli avanzi
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            agiſca veramente ne corpi, come le altre forze
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            fanno? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1629" xml:space="preserve">No, riſpoſi; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1630" xml:space="preserve">anzi egli vuole il contrario; </s>
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            e come vedrete nel primo de ſuoi dialoghi, egli
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            ſpiega l’ inerzia eccellentemente, dicendo, che el-
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            la non ha alcuna azion vera, e non avendone al-
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            cuna, laſcia ſtar le coſe così, come ſono, e per-
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            ciò le ſi attribuiſce il conſervarle; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1632" xml:space="preserve">et è una virtù,
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            che ſi concepiſce da noi ne corpi, e forſe non
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            vi è. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1633" xml:space="preserve">Se così
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            è, diſſe la Signora Principeſſa, la
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            forza viva del Padre Riccati non ſarà forſe ne
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            corpi, ma ſolo nella mente ſua; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1634" xml:space="preserve">e quando foſſe
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            ne corpi, non avrà molto da fare; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1635" xml:space="preserve">perchè non
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            avendo azion niuna, e laſciando ſtar le coſe,
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            come ſono, può ſtarſi in ozio, et anche an-
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            darſene, ſe a Dio piace. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1636" xml:space="preserve">Ma quale è de Leibni-
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            ziani, o de Bernulliani, che per forza viva in-
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            tenda una virtù così ozioſa? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1637" xml:space="preserve">la quale non </s>
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