Salusbury, Thomas
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Mathematical collections and translations (Tome I)
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1667
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mum mobile
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) therefore the Earth moving about its own centre,
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being placed in the middle, muſt of neceſſity have two byaſſes,
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>But if this were ſo, it would follow, that there
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ſhould be a variation in the riſing and ſetting of the fixed Stars,
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which we do not perceive to be done: Therefore the Earth doth
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not move,
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&c.
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Here is the Paralogiſme, and to diſcover it, I will
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argue with
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Ariſtotle
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Ariſtotle,
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that the Earth placed in the middle of the World, cannot move
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in it ſelf (
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upon its own
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axis
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) for then it would be requiſite
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to allow it two byaſſes; ſo that, if it ſhould not be neceſſary to
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allow it more than one Byas onely, thou wouldeſt not then hold
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it impoſſible for it to move onely with that one; for thou would'ſt
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unneceſſarily have conſined the impoſſibility to the plurality of
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byaſſes, if in caſe it had no more but one, yet it could not move
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>And becauſe that of all the moveables in the World,
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thou makeſt but one alone to move with one ſole byas; and all
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the reſt with more than one; and this ſame moveable thou
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firmeſt to be the firſt Sphere, namely, that by which all the
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ed and erratick Stars ſeem harmoniouſly to move from Eaſt to
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Weſt, if in caſe the Earth may be that firſt Sphere, that by
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ving with one by as onely, may make the Stars appear to move
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from Eaſt to Weſt, thou wilt not deny them it: But he that
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firmeth, that the Earth being placed in the midſt of the World,
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moveth about its own Axis, aſcribes unto it no other motion,
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ſave that by which all the Stars appear to move from Eaſt to Weſt;
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and ſo it cometh to be that firſt Sphere, which thou thy ſelf
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knowledgeſt to move with but one by as onely. </
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ceſſary, oh
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Ariſtotle,
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if thou wilt conclude any thing, that thou
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demonſtrate, that the Earth being placed in the midſt of the
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World, cannot move with ſo much as one by as onely; or elſe,
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that much leſſe can the firſt Sphere have one ſole motion; for
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therwiſe thou doeſt in thy very Sillogiſme both commit the falacy,
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and detect it, denying, and at that very time proving the ſame
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who placing the Earth far from the midſt of the Univerſe, make
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it moveable about the ſame; that is, make it a Planet and
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tick Star; againſt which the argument is directed, and as to
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form is concludent, but faileth in matter. </
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that the Earth doth in that manner move, and that with two
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aſſes, yet doth it not neceſſarily follow that though it were ſo,
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it ſhould make alterations in the riſings and ſettings of the fixed
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Stars, as I ſhall in its proper place declare. </
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gladly excuſe
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Ariſtotle
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; rather I could highly applaud him for
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ving light upon the moſt ſubtil argument that could be produced
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againſt the
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Copernican Hypotheſis
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