Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              videbantur eremum incolentibus olim ma­
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              gna ex parte: nam quædam à Deo aut dæ­
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              monibus immitti non nego ſanctis viris, quę
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              aut dæmonas, aut Deum tum referebant.
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              <s id="s.013399">Nam neque cùm multis aliis accidant hæc,
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              ad Deum, aut dæmonas transferre licet, præ­
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              ſertim cùm dicant poſſe eos per imaginatio­
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              nem repreſentare, etiam nobis inuitis, om­
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              nia, quæ velint: neque tot probos, quique to­
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              tam vitam tam aſperis laboribus ac ſolitu­
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              dini deuorauerunt, mentiri tam parua de
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              cauſa crediderim. </s>
              <s id="s.013400">Sed ſolitudo ipſa, ménſque
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              ægra laboribus ac ieiuniis, tum tempera­
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              tura cibis mutata agreſtibus, quod hu­
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              mor poterat in illo melancholicus, repreſen­
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              tabant.
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              Authoris hi­
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              ſtoria mira.</s>
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              <s id="s.013402">Secundum vigiliæ genus eſt, in quo ſola
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              operatio læditur, vis tamen animæ manet,
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              cuiuſmodi fuiſſe, quod mihi perpetuo trien­
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              nio contigiſſe memini. </s>
              <s id="s.013403">Id fuit ab anno
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              quarto ad ſeptimum vſque ab hora enim
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              diei ſecunda ad quartam ſemper, aut ſi mo­
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              dò tardiùs, aut ſurgerem, aut expergiſce­
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              rer, imagines videbam ab imo lecti, quaſi
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              è paruis annulis, aëriſque conſtantes, arbo­
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              rum, belluarum, hominum, oppidorum,
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              inſtructarum, acierum, bellicorum ac muſi­
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              corum inſtrumentorum, aliorúmque huiuſce
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              generis aſcendentes, viciſſimque deſcenden­
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              tes, aliis atque aliis ſuccedentibus. </s>
              <s id="s.013404">Cúmque
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              his maximè puerulus exiſtens oblectarer, ob
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              idque intentus inſpicerem, Clara mater, &
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              Margareta amita diligenter aliquando inter­
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              rogarunt, num aliquid viderem? </s>
              <s id="s.013405">At ego
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              quanquam paruulus non ignorabam hoc eſſe
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              oſtentum quoddam, ob idque conſtanter
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              negabam: timens ne ſi reuelaſſem ſpectrum
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              me deſtitueret, aut mali mihi quicquam con­
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              tingeret ob arcanum reſeratum. </s>
              <s id="s.013406">Non ignoro
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              has imagines ad ſubtilitatem ſenſus tan­
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              quam cauſam, à Galeno referri: ſed non
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              has tamen, quæ quandiu perſeuerarent, cer­
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              tóque ordine recurrerent, & formas tam ab­
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              ſolutas oſtenderent. </s>
              <s id="s.013407">Sed cauſam ex Auerroë
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              nunc oſtendam: nam expleto ſeptennio, do­
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              móque ſimul mutata, talia mihi apparere
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              omninò deſierunt. </s>
              <s id="s.013408">Pulcherrimè igitur mihi
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              in Collectaneis Auerroës cauſam reddere
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              viſus eſt, dicens: Cùm ſpiritus imaginatio­
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              ni ſeruiens, formas imaginando exceperit,
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              ſoni aut qualitatis cuiuſpiam, quo odore aut
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              tactu dignoſcatur, aut mortui vel dæmonis,
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              illáque imbutus transferatur ad ſenſum, qui
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              in actioni correſpondet, in odoribus qui­
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              dem ad inſtrumentum proprium olfactus, in
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              auditu ad aures, in ſpectris ad oculos, ne­
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              ceſſariò olfaciet, aut audiet, aut videbit
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              nullo aſſiſtente obiecto: nam ſi viſio nihil
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              aliud eſt, quàm ſpeciei in ſpiritu in cryſtal­
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              loide perceptio, ſeu ſpecies illa ab obiecto
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              decidatur, ſeu non, patet quotieſcunque
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              contigerit hoc, illum videre verè. </s>
              <s id="s.013409">Atque ita
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              vigilando contigit dæmones ac mortuos vi­
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              dere, tum etiam cognitorum audire voces,
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              odoréſque ſentire, ac tangere, velut in ſuc­
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              cubis, incubiſque. </s>
              <s id="s.013410">Ob id verò rariùs iſta vi­
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              dentur, quàm audiantur, tangantúrve: quo­
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              niam in cæteris ſenſibus cùm vnicam ſuffi­
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              ciat obſeruaſſe differentiam, vnicus ſpiritus
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              tranſlatus ad ſenſum cum illa imagine hoc
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              referre poteſt, in oculis cùm plures ſint dif­
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              ferentiæ neceſſariæ, magnitudo, forma,
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              calor, plures ſpiritus transferri neceſſarium
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              eſt: ob id etiam natura cauos fecit neruos,
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              qui ad oculum feruntur, ſolóſque tales, quòd
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              ipſi in ſuis operationibus longè pluribus in­
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              digeant ſpiritibus: multóque etiam ob id
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              plus fatigamur intentè intuendo, quàm vl­
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              lum aliorum ſenſuum exercendo. </s>
              <s id="s.013411">Hinc igi­
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              tur multorum problematum ſolutio contin­
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              git, quæ cùm veriſſima ſint, tamen adeò
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              fatigarunt pleróſque, vt ad miracula trans­
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              ferre, alij ad dæmonas, alij negare non du­
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              bitarint. </s>
              <s id="s.013412">Velut quòd in Iſlandia inſula vltra
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              Britannos, & iuxta Noruegiam, ſeu illa
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              ſit Thyle, ſeu alia, nunc non laboro, mor­
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              tuos domeſticos videre ſe, ac amplecti arbi­
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              trentur, & inter amplexus illos euaneſce­
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              re affirmant. </s>
              <s id="s.013413">Ea igitur inſula bitumine to­
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              ta ſcatet, hominéſque etiam nunc pomis,
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              radicibúſque, farináque piſcium, aquáque
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              viuunt, quòd cùm in glaciali mari poſita
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              ſit, ob immenſum frigus non ſegetes, mul­
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              tóque minus vinum ſuſtinere poſſit. </s>
              <s id="s.013414">Vnde
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              ſpiritus propter victum, aër ob ſolum, &
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              frigus, craſſiſſimi fiunt. </s>
              <s id="s.013415">Ob aëris igitur ſpiſ­
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              ſitatem, & vapores frigore concretos, ima­
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              gines non ſecùs, quàm in nubibus oberrant:
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              quas errore, timoréque ac cogitatione con­
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              ceptas, ſpiritus denſus, & terreus eouſque
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              retinet, donec ad inſtrumentum ſenſus defe­
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              ratur. </s>
              <s id="s.013416">Inde videri, & alloqui ſibi eas per­
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              ſuadent. </s>
              <s id="s.013417">Notos autem, & mortuos ob id vi­
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              dere arbitrantur, quòd viuos ſciant ibi non
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              eſſe, tum quia in amplexu euaneſcunt: ig­
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              notam autem figuram, vt Chimeræ, vel Hip­
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              pocentauri, nemo in nubibus ſibi finxit.
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              <s id="s.013418">Omnis enim tranſlatio ad cognita fit. </s>
              <s id="s.013419">Ve­
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              rùm cur ad Heclam montem ſpectra illa ire
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              ſe reſpondent? </s>
              <s id="s.013420">Eſt Hecla mons in ea inſula,
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              ardétque non aliter, quàm Ætna in Sicilia
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              per interualla. </s>
              <s id="s.013421">Ideò perſuaſione longa con­
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              cepta, quòd ibi expientur animæ, alij ne
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              vani ſint affingunt inania fabulæ, vt conſo­
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              na videatur. </s>
              <s id="s.013422">Nec in Iſlandia ſolùm, ſed vbi­
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              que, licet rarò: talia quæ ibi frequenter
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              euenire ſolent, contingunt. </s>
              <s id="s.013423">Efferebatur an­
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              no præterito funus viri plebeij Mediolani
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              Orientali in porta iuxta templum maius fo­
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              ro venali, quod à caulium frequentia nomen
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              Caulis noſtra lingua ſonat. </s>
              <s id="s.013424">Occurrit mihi
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              notus, peto, vt medicorum moris eſt, quo
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              morbo exceſſerit. </s>
              <s id="s.013425">Reſpondet ille, conſueſ­
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              ſe hunc virum hora noctis tertia à labore
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              redire domum. </s>
              <s id="s.013426">Vidit lemurem nocte qua­
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              dam inſequentem, quam cùm effugere co­
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              naretur, ocyus citato pede abibat: ſed à ſpe­
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              ctro captus, atque in terram proiectus vi­
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              debatur: exclamare nitebatur, non poterat.
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              <s id="s.013427">Tandem cùm diu in terra cum larua voluta­
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              tus eſſet, inuentus à prætereuntibus qui­
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              buſdam, ſemiuiuus domum relatus eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.013428">Cùm
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              reſipuiſſet, interrogatus, hæc quæ minùs
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              exſpectabantur, retulit. </s>
              <s id="s.013429">Ob id animam de­
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              ſpondens, cum nec ab amicis, nec medicis,
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              nec ſacerdotibus perſuadere potuiſſet, ina­
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              nia eſſe hæc, octo in diebus periit. </s>
              <s id="s.013430">Audi­
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              ui poſtmodum & ab aliis, qui vicini eſſent
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              illi neminem ab inimico vulneratum,
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              con­
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              ſtanter de illo teſtatum, vt hic, quòd à mortuo </s>
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