Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              Galeni laus.</s>
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              <s id="s.011377">Vltimus omnium Vitruuius, qui tamen ſi
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              propria non aliena inuenta conſcripſiſſet, in­
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              ter primos adnumerari poterat. </s>
              <s id="s.011378">Eminent au­
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              tem quædam in ſingulis: vt in Archimede
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              æqualitas ſphæræ cum cylindro, ſepulchro
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              ſuo inſcripta: in Euclide ordo, in Ariſtotele
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              contextus, in Galeno diuidendi ratio. </s>
              <s id="s.011379">Alij
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              etiam præclaras quaſdam dotes habent, ta­
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              metſi ſubtilitate non præſtiterint. </s>
              <s id="s.011380">Quis in
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              Homero non admiretur affectus, grauitatem
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              in Virgilio, commiſerationem & affluentiam
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              in Cicerone, orationis qualitatem tum ſche­
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              mata ſenſui verborum appoſita in Quintilia­
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              no? </s>
              <s id="s.011381">Nec eſt vnum genus ſubtilitatis in quo
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              auctores celebrantur, ſed plura. </s>
              <s id="s.011382">Ariſtotelis
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              ab ingenio, cuius æmuli Theophraſtus &
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              Scotus. </s>
              <s id="s.011383">Ab ingenio, ac imaginatione Archi­
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              medis. </s>
              <s id="s.011384">Ab imaginatione, vt Calculatoris. </s>
              <s id="s.011385">A
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              ſenſu cum imaginatione, vt Euclidis. </s>
              <s id="s.011386">A iudi­
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              cio: vt Algebræ. </s>
              <s id="s.011387">A ſenſu atque experientia,
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              vt Vitruuij: cuius æmulus fuit Hero clariſ­
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              ſimus inuentis, ſed parum vtilib. </s>
              <s id="s.011388">Præſtantiſ­
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              ſimus in Vitruuio modus horologiorum, ſeu
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              per tympana & aquam, ſeu in anaporicis ex
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              ſignifero, ſeu per analema quod cauis plan­
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              tis, ac ſphæricis commune eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.011389">Atque hi om­
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              nes ingenio præſtiterunt, ſed qui humanas
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              vires ſupergreſſi, proprioréſque diuinitati
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              cuipiam fuiſſe videntur, tres ſunt: Ptolemæus
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              Alexandrinus, Hippocrates, Cous, & Ploti­
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              nus. </s>
              <s id="s.011390">Huic debeo, quòd intelligere multa poſ­
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              ſe confidam, illi artis ſcientiam: primum ad­
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              miror quod vix intelligam. </s>
              <s id="s.011391">Coniector hanc
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              claritatem virorum, quòd reliquorum ſi per­
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              iiſſent monumenta, propoſitis mihi tracta­
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              tionibus
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              , quibus illi freti ſunt, cur
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              ſingula reſtituere non poſſem, & ſi non poſ­
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              ſem, non intelligo: at vnius ex his, ne ſeptem
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              quidem lineas facturum me non poſſe toto
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              vitæ meæ tempore ſatis intelligo. </s>
              <s id="s.011392">At qui
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              Hippocrati, Galenum parem eſſe putant,
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              neutrum eorum ſe intelligere ea confeſſio­
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              ne fatentur. </s>
              <s id="s.011393">Multò enim plus Hippocrates à
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              Galeno diſtat, quam Galenus à puerulo quo­
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              vis. </s>
              <s id="s.011394">Itaque qui nondum ex his tribus ali­
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              quem intelligit, ad ſcientiam quidem exer­
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              citatum capeſſendam, ex aliorum intellectu
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              exiſtimare verè poteſt, ſe tamen ſcire quic­
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              quam omnino non exiſtimet. </s>
              <s id="s.011395">Horum enim
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              eſt meta humanæ ſcientiæ.
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              Vitruuij
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              laus.
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              <s id="s.011397">Quæ in ſin­
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              gulis aucto­
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              ribus maxi­
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              ma.</s>
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              Subtilitatis
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              in auctoribus
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              genera
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              Ratio abſo­
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              lutiſſima
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              conſcriben­
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              dorum libro­
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              rum.</s>
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              <s id="s.011400">Vt verò abſolutorum librorum rationem
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              quiſque intelligat, & quónam modo ars vna­
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              quæque doceri poſſit, neminem inuenio qui
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              id exactius me tradiderit, præter vnum Ga­
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              lenum: quam ſi nos tempeſtiuè tenuiſſemus,
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              à multis ſanè laboribus excuſaſſet. </s>
              <s id="s.011401">Ea eſt ra­t
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              io, qua ſæpius eadem ad hanc vſque diem
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              noſtra immutare coactus ſim, quæ prius aliis
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              placere cœperunt quàm mihi. </s>
              <s id="s.011402">Nunc verò
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              quæ edentur, percepta conſcribendi ratione,
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              non minus nobis quàm aliis (vt exiſtimo) ſa­
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              tisfaciens. </s>
              <s id="s.011403">Mihi quidem præter Deum, ad
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              hanc vſque diem nullus auxiliator ad com­
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              ponendos libros fuit, vtinam non magis im­
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              pedimento quiſquam fuiſſet. </s>
              <s id="s.011404">Itaque inita ra­
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              tione mecum, vt cogitarem aliquem eſſe, &
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              huius rei modum, caſus qui non ſine numine
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              fuit, oblatus eſt, quo Galeni ſententiam de
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              hoc intelligerem. </s>
              <s id="s.011405">Ea autem talis erat: Si do­
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              ctrinam aliquam, cuiuſpiam rei tradere ab­
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              ſolutiſſimè atque perfectè volueris, quòd
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              officium eſt cuiuſque ſcribentis, id commo­
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              dè aſſequi licebit, ſi rem de qua tractatur in
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              ſpecies diuiſerimus, atque illas rurſus, ac rur­
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              ſus diſtinxerimus in alias minores, donec ad
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              vltimas peruenerimus. </s>
              <s id="s.011406">Eadem quoque ratio
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              in affectibus, qui de his ſpeciebus demon­
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              ſtrari poſſunt, obſeruanda erit. </s>
              <s id="s.011407">Atque hoc
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              primum præceptum eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.011408">Aliud verò fuerit, vt
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              demonſtremus tam in ſpeciebus rei tractatæ,
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              quàm affectibus, non plura eſſe, aut poſſe ge­
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              nera membrorum ſub tractata re contineri,
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              quódque deſcripta membra ſub illa omnia
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              contineantur. </s>
              <s id="s.011409">Initium verò huius diuiſionis
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              ab artis fine ſumendum erit, aliter in incerto
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              vagabimur. </s>
              <s id="s.011410">Sic igitur optimæ conſtructionis
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              præcepta nos docuit Galenus: atque ex hoc,
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              quinam in vnaquaque arte tradenda fuerint
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              præſtantiſſimi. </s>
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              <s id="s.011411">Sed poſtquam ad artificem ventum eſt,
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              proſequamur & artes, quæ adeò ætate noſtra
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              inclaruerunt, vt quæ hîc ſcripſi, apud poſte­
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              ros fidei parum ſint habitura. </s>
              <s id="s.011412">Sed ſi quis ſe­
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              cum exiſtimet, vnamquanque ætatem ſua
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              habuiſſe miracula, antiquiſſimam, tot dilu­
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              uia, tot incendia, Romanorum, prodigia ora­
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              cula, ſequentem verò etiam miracula, non
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              eſt cur poſteri de artium inuentis noſtræ
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              tempeſtatis dubitent: nec nos de his quæ di­
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              gna admiratione tradita ſunt ab aliis, qui
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              priore ſeculo vixerunt. </s>
              <s id="s.011413">Sunt artium inuenta
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              in ſingulos dies noua, nec vllo fine compræ­
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              henduntur: in quibuſdam ſufficit ſcire quid
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              velis. </s>
              <s id="s.011414">Nuper quidam inuenit haſtati enſis ra­
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              tionem. </s>
              <s id="s.011415">Nam cùm enſis dirigitur, duplica­
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              tur, vncinóque firmatus haſtam ferream re­
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              fert, cuius cuſpis eſt ipſe enſis. </s>
              <s id="s.011416">Alius roſtra­
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              tam manum ferream fecit, quæ cùm tange­
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              retur, concurrentibus in ſe vncinis manum
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              furis deprehendebat: nam inter pecunias de­
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              liteſcebat in crumena. </s>
              <s id="s.011417">Sic infinita excogi­
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              tare licet, quæ ſolo iudicio indicent. </s>
              <s id="s.011418">At no­
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              ſtra ætas illuſtribus inuentis, & maximis
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              fœcunda eſt. </s>
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