Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663
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              proœmio tum Epiſtola laudaret effuſiſſimè.
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              <s id="s.014358">in toto opere me argueret, atque damnaret?
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              <s id="s.014359">quaſi vel ſui ipſius oblitus, vel quod certum
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              eſt, ad calumniam, & iniuriam irriſionem
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              quoque adiecerit? </s>
              <s id="s.014360">Denique quo conſilio
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              etiam de religione his turbulentis tempori­
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              bus me accuſare nititur? </s>
              <s id="s.014361">an hæc ſunt præce­
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              pta Philoſophiæ? </s>
              <s id="s.014362">an hoc eſt rationibus vel­
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              le vincere? </s>
              <s id="s.014363">an non hæc ſunt violentiſſimi
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              inimici, aut virulentiſſimi animi indicia
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              manifeſta, velle in ius hominem vocare de
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              fortunis, de vita, de fama, ob diſcepratio­
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              nem non à me, ſed ab ipſo inſtitutam, in­
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              choatam, abſque vlla inimicitia, nullis iur­
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              giis, nullis odiorum ſeminariis præcedenti­
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              bus non accuſatus, non laceſſitus ipſe prius?
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              <s id="s.014364">Quæ ſi adeſſent, adhuc de hoc facto laudari
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              non poſſet, excuſari forſan poſſet. </s>
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              <s id="s.014365">Quid poſtmodum de iudicio dicas, diſpu­
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              taturus de naturali Philoſophia, toties Ari­
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              ſtotelis atque Auerroïs innixus principiis at­
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              que authoritati, apud quos ſuppoſita, quam
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              illi probant mundi æternitate, à Chriſto di­
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              uinitas, & ab omnibus ſpes remunerationis
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              bonorum atque malorum aufertur, audet me
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              de impietate inſimulare? </s>
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              <s id="s.014366">Sed maior eſt integritas atque ſapientia
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              horum cenſorum, quàm illius liuor. </s>
              <s id="s.014367">Norunt
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              enim alia eſſe, quæ ſenſibus innitens homo
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              diiudicat: alia quæ nequimus attingere, &
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              in quibus hallucinamur, quæ quantò minùs
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              ſunt probabilia, tantò ſunt magis vera. </s>
              <s id="s.014368">Et
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              quanquam priora his repugnent, quis tamen
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              non libenter etiam audiat de illis diſceptan­
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              tem; imò etiam rideat, cùm ſciat quan­
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              tum aberret vis noſtra, ac quantùm ſapien­
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              tia humana ab ipſa rerum ſerie declinet, ve­
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              lut ſi aſtronomus quiſpiam peritus confi­
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              dentem ſenſibus Epicureum de ſolis paruita­
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              te audiuerit, num iraſcetur? </s>
              <s id="s.014369">num damnabit
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              eum: an potiùs dicet, & ego ni aliter com­
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              pertum haberem, ita crederem. </s>
              <s id="s.014370">Cæterum
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              irrito illius conatu delectabitur. </s>
              <s id="s.014371">At quod ad
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              me attinet, nullus tam nobis infenſus fuit,
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              qui nos aut de improbitate, aut impietate
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              calumniari, nedum accuſare tentauerit. </s>
              <s id="s.014372">Ta­
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              metſi enim apud noſtros, & ob inuidiam, &
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              ob
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              illi vocant duritiem, alius quiſpiam
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              illam vocat duritiem, alius quiſpiam nequior
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              ruſticitatem appellare malit, quæ verè nihil
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              aliud eſt, quam omnium malorum homi­
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              num odium, omnibus ſum inuiſus, cum ne­
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              minem palám me amare profeſſus ſim, nullus
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              tamen horum criminum reum me fecit vn­
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              quam, quod & vita, & mores, & ſcripta ab
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              omni talium ſuſpicione vacent, & plus apud
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              illos pudor, quàm liuor valeat, aut odium. </s>
              <s id="s.014373">Vt
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              enim ego tametſi quenquam non accuſem,
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              multos tamen arguam, quòd nimis iuſtè am­
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              bitioni, auaritiæ, maledicentiæque ſtudeant,
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              neminem ignorantiæ, quòd valdè paucis in
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              hac vrbe medicis iuſtè obiici poſſe intelli­
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              gam, & illi ab his abſtinent calumniis, quas
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              ſi obiicerent, potiùs ſuam nequitiam, quàm
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              meæ vitæ labem teſtarentur. </s>
              <s id="s.014374">At inuentus eſt
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              homo in
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              finibus mihi non ſolùm, &
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              conſanguineis meis ignotus, ſed penè etiam
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              vrbi, vel nomine ipſo, qui in me non læ­
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              ſus talia fingit. </s>
              <s id="s.014375">Sed audi, quo conſilio? </s>
              <s id="s.014376">quá
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              ve diligentia? </s>
              <s id="s.014377">Teſtatur primum nec ſe ſecun­
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              dam
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              libri mei vidiſſe, quæ anno ta­
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              men 1554. atque in eius initio publicata eſt,
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              ipſe anno 1557. ſuum edidit opus: ſi addita
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              eſſe aliqua exiſtimauit, cur vtilitatis publicæ
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              cauſa non addidit cenſuram ſuam? </s>
              <s id="s.014378">Sin au­
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              tem emendata credidit, quæ priùs emiſſa fo­
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              rent, cur maluit videri caſtigator eorum,
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              quæ caſtigatione non indigebant? </s>
              <s id="s.014379">Verùm in­
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              tellige (ſi modò, vt credo, vera refert) quid
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              voluerit, & quo conſilio id egerit, tantum
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              illi inerat ſtudij ad accuſandum, vt timuerit,
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              ne quæ accuſauerat, ego priùs correxiſſem,
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              laboriſque præmium amitteret. </s>
              <s id="s.014380">Vides modò
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              hominis naturam, & ingenium, ob quam
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              cauſam credo impreſſor, homo minimè ſtul­
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              tus, ſatis parcè, nec pro more ſuo, opus il­
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              lud impreſſit. </s>
              <s id="s.014381">Quis enim ferat hominem
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              edentem accuſationem, ſeu malis caſtiga­
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              tionem in primam editionem, cùm iam diu
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              (triennio ſiquidem antè) ſecunda ab ipſomet
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              auctore euulgata ſit? </s>
              <s id="s.014382">Hic ergo cùm quatuor
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              commoda ſibi quæſiſſet, ex hoc tanto la­
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              bore nullum aſſecutus eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.014383">Cupiebat mecum
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              diſceptare, non impetrabit:
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              enim mihi
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              præ foribus eſt: tempus poſſeſſio mea: exi­
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              gua portio illius mihi eſt, & maxima cha­
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              ritas, ex Galeni præcepto, omnibus, vt non
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              diſceptationibus ſophiſtarum, ſed in ſolidis
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              ſtudiis atque operibus ipſis laude dignis con­
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              ſumendum ſit. </s>
              <s id="s.014384">Satis eſt in ſcholis Dialecti­
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              corum, & ſophiſtarum. </s>
              <s id="s.014385">Profeſſor Dialecti­
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              cæ, vel Metaphyſicæ, viginti coronatis
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              apud nos conducitur: Medicinæ, & Philo­
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              ſophiæ naturalis, ſexcentis ac mille, atque
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              etiam ampliùs, atque iure meritò: cùm hæ
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              diſciplinæ, nihil certum docent, ſed ad ſo­
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              lam veritatis inquiſitionem ſpectant, eate­
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              nus ſint legendæ, atque in pretio haben­
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              dæ, quatenus homo eò perueniat, vt en­
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              thymemata, ac ſyllogiſmos rectè conſtrue­
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              re norit, captionéſque vocum vitare, nec­
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              non generaliſſima illa ſignificata quorun­
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              dam nominum intelligere. </s>
              <s id="s.014386">Vlterius ſi proce­
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              das, hominem ineptum reddunt, vt qui
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              confidat, dum de omnibus acutiùs, quàm
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              par eſt, ac locupletius diſputare nouit, abſ­
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              que propria ſcientiarum, in quibus diſce­
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              ptat cognitione, ſe eruditum videri, abſque
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              labore, ſcientémque abſque ſcientia. </s>
              <s id="s.014387">At di­
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              ces, Ad veritatem tamen inquirendam hæc
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              vtilia ſunt? </s>
              <s id="s.014388">A page, nequaquam hoc dicebat
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              Galenus: ſed illi propriè, qui in Mathema­
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              ticis exercitati ſunt, veras rationes à falſis
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              ob conſuetudinem declarandi norunt. </s>
              <s id="s.014389">Vi­
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              demus Chryſippum, qui gloriabatur ſe cer­
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              taturum cum quovis mortali in Dialectica,
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              quique optaret, Deum quempiam cum illo
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              congredi, atque diſputare in ea arte, quàm
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              ineptè concludat, quámque facilè ſuperetur
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              cum ſua argumentorum multitudine, cúm­
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              que tanta copia authoritatum à Galeno in
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              cauſa de membrorum principatu: vt illa lo­
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              gicæ immoderata exercitatio potiùs obfue­
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              rit, quàm profuerit. </s>
              <s id="s.014390">Vidimus noſtra ætate
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              Marium Nizolium, & M. </s>
              <s id="s.014391">Antonium Ma­
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              ioragium, poſtquam immodicè his commu­
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              nibus locis, his argutiolis operam dederunt,
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              quid profecerint. </s>
              <s id="s.014392">At contra Budeum, Alcia­
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              tum, Eraſmum, Veſalium, Braſauolum,
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              Fuchſium, Cornarium ( dij boni ) quæ </s>
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