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            5013. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s219" xml:space="preserve">Sed ejusmodi Philoſophorum genus abunde ſuæ ignorantiæ
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            apud veros Phyſicæ cultores luit pœnas, uti liquet ex inclyti Keilii
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            Præfatione ad veram Phyſicam, hos ita deſcribentis; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s220" xml:space="preserve">Quod, ut I-
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            gnavo & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s221" xml:space="preserve">deſidi placeant Philoſophantum populo, nullum Geometriæ
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            uſum in Philoſophia adhibent: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s222" xml:space="preserve">excogitantes quoque Philoſophiam,
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            quæ a veris Mechanicæ legibus tantum abhorret, quantum quæ lon-
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            giſſime: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s223" xml:space="preserve">ideo umbram Philoſophiæ, non ipſam ſubſtantiam ample-
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            ctuntur: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s224" xml:space="preserve">Sed hi terant ſuum tempus inutiliſſime in Hypotheſibus
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            fabulisque fingendis, pergant deridere Geometras, elatoque de-
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            ſpicere ſupercilio, hos facile ſuo genio indulgentes relinquimus, dum
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            interim ad alia tranſimus.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s226" xml:space="preserve">Præterea hæc in lucem emiſi, quia ante paucos annos quædam Expe-
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            rimenta magnetica in Epiſtola communicaveram cum Viro Experientiſſi-
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            mo, Doctiſſimoque Diſaguillierio, qui ea pluris æſtimans, quam mere-
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            bantur, Actis Philoſophicis inſerendas eſſe voluit; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s227" xml:space="preserve">Quum vero hæc non
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            eo transmiſeram ſcopo, quia nimis rudia & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s228" xml:space="preserve">incondita erant, curamque
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            poſteriorem deſiderabant, nunc ea paulo magis, pro exiguo quo
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            fruor otio, elaboravi. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s229" xml:space="preserve">Non tamen hæc vendito pro novis, plura
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            enim aliorum huc congeſſi, quæ tantum novo exploravi examine,
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            eo duntaxat ſcopo, ut appareat, quid huc usque in Scientia
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            Magnetica actum ſit, quid ulterius deſideretur; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s230" xml:space="preserve">& </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s231" xml:space="preserve">ut veræ ob-
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            ſervationes ab erroneis, quæ frequentiſſime in hanc doctrinam
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            irrepſerant, diſtinguantur: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s232" xml:space="preserve">Quoniam autem aliorum inventa meri-
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            tamque gloriam mihi vindicare nolui, candide Autores memoravi,
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            qui eadem experimenta primi inſtituerunt, ſeu cum eodem, ſeu cum
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            diverſo ſucceſſu. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s233" xml:space="preserve">Nullos autem allegavi, niſi quos ipſe legi, quos
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            fateor eſſe admodum paucos, ſed malui in lucem hæc nudo & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s234" xml:space="preserve">ſimpli-
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            ci induta ornatu emittere, prout Philoſophum decere arbitror,
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            quam cum magna oſtentatione eruditionis plurimos citare autores,
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            quos nunquam legi, aut vidi, quod haud difficile fuiſſet, ſi tantum
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            modo exſcripſiſſem Doctiſſimum Sturmium, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s235" xml:space="preserve">Acta Eruditorum Li-
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            pſienſium, aliaque Librorum extracta, atque citationes ex citationi-
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            bus, tam male quam bene per fortunam intellectis, accumulaſſem,
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            hæ vero artes ignavæ, quibus nonnulli utuntur, facile detectæ fu-
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            iſſent ab iis, qui mediocriter in Phyſica ſe exercuerunt. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s236" xml:space="preserve">Quidnam
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            præſtiterim illi cognoſcent, qui plurima optimorum Autorum, </s>
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