Salusbury, Thomas
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Mathematical collections and translations (Tome I)
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1667
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ſtotle
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to Prove that the
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Vniverſe is finite,
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are all nullified by
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denying it to be
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one to none at all; for if I deny his aſſumption, to wit, that the
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Univerſe is moveable, all his demonſtrations come to nothing, for
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he onely proveth the Univerſe to be finite and terminate, for that
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granted for once, that the World is finite, ſpherical, and hath
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its mobility, it will, without doubt, be very reaſonable, if from the
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circular motions of mundane bodies we proceed to the particular
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inveſtigation of that centres proper place: Nay
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hath argued and determined in the ſame manner, making that
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ſame to be the centre of the Univerſe about which all the
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leſtial Spheres revolve, and in which he beleived the Terreſtrial
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ſhould be conſtrained by evident experience to alter in part this
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his diſpoſure and order of the Univerſe, and confeſſe himſelf to
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have been deceived in one of theſe two propoſitions, namely,
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ther in placing the Earth in the centre, or in ſaying, that the
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Cœleſtial Spheres do move about that centre, which of the two
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confeſſions think you would he chooſe?</
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Ariſtotle makes
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that point to be the
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centre of the
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verſe about which
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all the Celeſtial
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Spheres do revolve.
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A queſtion is
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were
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forced to receive
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one of two
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tions that make
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gainſt his doctrine,
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which he would
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Peripateticks,
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I demand of
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for as to thoſe, I know very well what they would reply; they, as
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obſervant and humble vaſſals of
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Ariſtotle,
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would deny all the
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periments and all the obſervations in the World, nay, would alſo
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refuſe to ſee them, that they might not be forced to acknowledg
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them, and would ſay that the World ſtands as
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Ariſtotle
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writeth,
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and not as nature will have it, for depriving them of the ſhield
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of his Authority, with what do you think they would appear in the
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which of the two inconveniences is to be eſteemed the leſſer.</
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ence to place the Earth in the centre of the Cœleſtial revolutions;
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but ſeeing you know not to which part he would incline, I
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ſteeming him to be a man of great judgment, let us examine
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which of the two choices is the more rational, and that we will
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diſcourſe from the beginning, we ſuppoſe with the good liking of
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Ariſtotle,
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that the World (of the magnitude of which we have
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no ſenſible notice beyond the fixed ſtars) as being of a ſpherical </
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