Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              putat, & in quibus digreditur, quæ tam mul­
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              ta ſunt, omittam Similiter quæ pauci ſunt
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              momenti, quæque alieno nomine ſcripta
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              ſunt, nec a me vel iudicio, vel ratione com­
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              probata, illa enim ad autorem pertinent, &
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              cuique inter eos liberum erit iudicium fa­
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              cere: & quæ ab illo non conſtanter oppu­
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              gnantur ( quorſum enim in tanta temporis
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              anguſtia nouos hoſtes adiungere) prætermit­
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              tam. </s>
              <s id="s.014530">Itaque his omnibus & iure meritò re­
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              lictis, quæ vel ad me non ſpectant, vel ad
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              rem tractatam, vel ſimili exemplo iam ſe­
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              mel confutata ſunt, vel quæ alieni ſunt fo­
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              ri, vel vt quibus redarguendis plus eſſet ſum­
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              ptus, quàm vtilitatis lectori, tantam farra­
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              ginem rerum & verborum, paucis paginis
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              ſic bene comprehenſurum ſpero, vt nihil
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              penitus, in quo ſuſpicio erroris etiam apud
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              illum, ſi paulò conſultius ( non vt libros
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              antea ipſos velut mus ſuper farinam
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              )
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              rima­
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              ri velit, relinquatur. </s>
              <s id="s.014531">Sic igitur incipie­
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              mus. </s>
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              <s id="s.014532">1 Hac in parte neſcio quid magis demi­
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              rer, an ſtuporem, an liuorem, an ineptiam
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              deducit me ad Subtilitatis interpretationem
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              ex Cicerone, cùm ego non de verbo li­
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              brum faciam, ſed de ſignificato, quòd ego
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              ex primo hoc nomine tanquam proximiore
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              huic multò
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              ſua intelligibilitas, qua ho­
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              mo Latiniſſimus, ac Ciceronianus pro in­
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              telligentia vtitur. </s>
              <s id="s.014533">Et tamen in peculiari
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              verbo licet, & facilè eſt circumſcribere, ſen­
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              ſum illum in ſubiecto totius artis non licet:
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              propterea declaraui quid intelligi vellem,
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              ſatis gnarus conceptui meo deeſſe exquiſi­
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              tiſſimum nomen: an ergo decebat me totam
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              vnam tractationem mutare propter vnius
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              verbi interpretationem Ciceronianam, &
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              accommodare me dictioni? </s>
              <s id="s.014534">an potius dictio­
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              nem ſignificato tantus ſapiens viderit? </s>
              <s id="s.014535">Et­
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              enim parum videtur hic aſſuetus lectioni
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              Galeni, qui toties clamitat non debere nos
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              de verbis litigare, modò de re conſtet. </s>
              <s id="s.014536">Et
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              ſuus Petrus Mantuanus, cuius ſe diſcipu­
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              lum gloriatur, nonne in ſcriptis reliquit,
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              optare ſe vt vna eſſet tantùm lingua mater­
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              na, & vt omnia vno verbo poſſent expli­
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              cari. </s>
              <s id="s.014537">At hic vult res, & conceptus etiam
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              in ſubiecto totius libri ſeruire nominibus.
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              <s id="s.014538">Et vt ob inopiam nominis cogamur totam
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              tractationem mutare ac confundere, vel ab
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              ea penitùs abſtinere. </s>
              <s id="s.014539">Ob hoc igitur tantam
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              rhapſodiam congerit. </s>
              <s id="s.014540">Vtrum autem ſubtili­
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              tati ſic intellectæ vnus conceptus reſpon­
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              deat? </s>
              <s id="s.014541">dico quòd ſic, nec eſt purè homony­
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              mum, ſed potius paronymum, velut ens,
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              de quo conſtat eſſe ſcientiam ſupernatura­
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              lem. </s>
              <s id="s.014542">Sed hæc longiuſculè, vt intelligant ho­
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              mines, & qualitatem ingenij illius, & fun­
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              damenta quibus innititur. </s>
              <s id="s.014543">In poſterum ita
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              conſulam breuitati, vt tamen apud eum,
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              qui talia curat, nihil deſit, modò in eo non
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              deſideretur diligentia, quam exhibere de­
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              bet quicumque tam cupidus eſt huius expe­
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              rientiæ. </s>
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              <s id="s.014544">2 De ordine ſum ſecutus Genium ſiue
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              ſomnium, atque is optimus eſt, vt in ſecun­
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              da editione docuimus. </s>
              <s id="s.014545">Criminari autem
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              ordinem cuique licet, nec expoſitoribus,
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              Ariſtotelis vllus communiter placuit. </s>
              <s id="s.014546">Hic
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              campus eſt, qui ſibi placet, quoniam in eo
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              optimè ſe poteſt exercere: at ſi facilitatem
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              doctrinæ exigimus, nullus eſt aptior. </s>
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              <s id="s.014547">Demiror quòd nolit à nobis notiſſimis
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              inchoare, ſed vbi diſpar ratio non ſit, &
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              vbi paruum diſcrimen notionis à prioribus:
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              itaque ab elementis non miſtis. </s>
              <s id="s.014548">Species pu­
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              tat eſſe mentis notiones, cùm ſint ea quæ
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              falsò nobis apparent: imagines quas bar­
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              bari imaginationes, ita in ipſa Latini no­
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              minis interpretatione decipitur vir, qui ni­
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              hil aliud profitetur, exinde tot commenta
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              molitur. </s>
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              <s id="s.014549">Deum eſſe cauſam, vt formam, fatentur:
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              mundum efficere plurimi negant, quoniam
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              ſemper efficeret. </s>
              <s id="s.014550">Sed hæc in libris de Ar­
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              canis æternitatis, quæ hîc non dicun­
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              tur. </s>
              <s id="s.014551">Sed homo acutus etiam proœmia in­
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              ſectatur. </s>
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              <s id="s.014552">4 Simili lapſu, ſed longè fœdiore prola­
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              bitur, dum intelligit finiri materiam, id eſt,
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              interire rurſus ( vacuo aucto
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              )
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              cùm exiſti­
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              met illud eſſe debere, cùm non intelligat
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              Geometram ſupponere latus minori angulo
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              ſuppoſitum eſſe æquale, aut maius ſuppoſi­
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              to maiori: atque ita ex hoc deducit ad id,
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              vt fateamur partem toto eſſe maiorem: ſic
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              & nos. </s>
              <s id="s.014553">Syllogiſmus igitur poſtquam illum
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              docere planè vt puerum cogor, ſic conſtat:
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              Si vacuum eſt, augeri conſtat in immen­
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              ſum: igitur materia, quæ æterna eſt, finiri
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              etiam poteſt. </s>
              <s id="s.014554">Conſequentia ſecunda eſt cla­
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              ra, nam vbi vacuum eſt, materia eſſe non
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              poteſt: ſi igitur quod ſequitur, impoſſi­
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              bile eſt, igitur & aſſumptum quod eſt, Va­
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              cuum eſt: at dices, non ſtatim ſequitur, Va­
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              cuum eſt, igitur in immenſum poteſt auge­
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              ri: nam homines ſunt, nec tamen augentur
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              in immenſum, & aër, & alia: hoc erat, cir­
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              ca quòd iuſtus dubitare poterat. </s>
              <s id="s.014555">Sed eſt al­
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              tius vt video, quàm vt ipſe, etiamſi vellet
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              (nam plura contradicendi ſtudio, & accu­
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              ſandi etiam, facilia non aſſequitur ( intelli­
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              gere, vel deducere poſſet. </s>
              <s id="s.014556">Sic autem ſe ha­
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              bet: Si vacuum admittatur, cùm nullum ha­
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              beat contrarium, nihil repugnat totum lo­
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              cum ſublunarem illud occupare, quia repu­
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              gnantiam non continet in ſe, ergo æterni­
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              tas materiæ non eſſet neceſſaria, ſed fortui­
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              ta, quod eſſe non poteſt. </s>
              <s id="s.014557">Nec propter hoc
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              dico, quòd vacuum poſſit occupare conca­
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              uum lunæ: hoc enim aliud longè eſt ab eo,
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              quòd materia non ſit neceſſaria, quia vacuo
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              nihil repugnat vt augeatur in immenſum.
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              <s id="s.014558">Ita non æternitas materiæ, ſed neceſſitas
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              illius tollitur. </s>
              <s id="s.014559">Sed tamen hac ſublata, etiam
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              tollitur æternitas ipſa: quia ( vt dixi
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              omne
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              æternum eſt neceſſarium. </s>
              <s id="s.014560">In illis ergo paucis
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              verbis continebantur tria enthymemata, &
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              ideò poteſtate tres ſyllogiſmi concludentes
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              propoſitum. </s>
              <s id="s.014561">Sed hæc (vt dici ſolet) non ſunt
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              pro dentibus ſuis. </s>
              <s id="s.014562">Et huiuſmodi eſt totum
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              opus hoc de Subtilitate, & libri de Varieta­
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              te rerum: ideò conſultiùs feciſſet, ſi ab hac
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              prouincia abſtinuiſſet, nec ſemetipſum de­
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              turpaſſet: ſufficiat autem, lectores ſemel de
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              hoc admonuiſſe. </s>
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              <s id="s.014563">6 Vellicat
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              : at ſi dico, homo ad omnia </s>
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