Heron Alexandrinus, Spiritali di Herone Alessandrino

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              <s>INTRODVTTIONE
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              DI ALESSANDRO GIORGI
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              ALLI SPIRITALI DI HERONE.
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              <s>NON ſi può ſenza molta merauiglia conſidera-
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              re, come alcune nobiliſsime arti eſſendo già
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              ſtate in ſommo pregio del mondo, ſi ſiano do_
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              po à tanta declinatione ridotte, che à qual-
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              che tempo quaſi à pena ſi ſia matenuta viua la
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              memoria loro: di che alcuni hanno recata la
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              cagione alla negligenza, e traſcuraggine de gli huomini, che
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              laſciatiſi oltra modo allettare dal diletto delle coſe apparenti,
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              non hanno innalzato l'intelletto alla cognitione de l'inuiſibili.</s>
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              Altri hanno ciò attribuito al corſo delle ſtelle; altri ſtimorno
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              eſſere proceduto da certa inſtabilità, propria sì di tutte le coſe
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              humane, che non permette loro di fermarſi più che tanto, in vn
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              medeſimo ſtato.</s>
              <s> Ma ſiaſi pure quale ſi voglia la vera, baſta be-
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              ne, che queſta variabile vicenda delle coſe, ſi è viſta eſſercitare
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              notabilmente le ſue forze nelle Matematiche ancora; quali nõ
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              più toſto nate, crebbero in breue ſpatio in tanta ſtima, che per
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              commune opinione di tutti, non poteua riportare lode di no-
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              bile ingegno, e meno eſſere ammeſſo nelle più famoſe acade-
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              mie della dotta Grecia, (ſcola in quel tempo di tutto il mon-
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              do) chiunque non haueua di eſſe più che mediocre notitia: e
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              dopo qualche interuallo, quaſi che quella fuſſe ſtata la meta ſu-
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              prema del loro progreſſo naturale, declinorno per sì fatto mo-
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              do, che furono à pericolo di rimanere ſepolte in vna perpetua
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              obliuione: nel quale indegno ſtato fermateſi per alquãto tem-
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              po, cominciorno finalmente gli anni adietro à riſorgere di
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              nuouo, di nuouo à caminare ſpeditamente alla grandezza, &
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              all'eccellenza; doue che tuttaiua ſono poi andate maggiormẽ-
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              te auanzandoſi: e ſonui ſtati, e ſono molti, e molti dotati di
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              pellegrino ingegno, che hanno ſpeſo lo ſtudio loro, altri ren-
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              dendo luce con commenti, & annotationi à l'opere de gli anti-
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              chi; altri componendone di nuouo; & altri traſportãdole dalle
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              </s>
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