Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              pars non eſt terra neutro modo. </s>
              <s id="s.014761">Licet enim
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              ſit in generato, eſt tanquam vas. </s>
              <s id="s.014762">Vas autem
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              naturæ modo, quòd vndique peruium eſt,
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              non artis. </s>
              <s id="s.014763">Indicio eſt, quòd in aqua ſine ter­
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              ra multa naſcuntur, in terra ſine aqua nihil
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              penitùs, & multò minùs, quàm in igne. </s>
              <s id="s.014764">Et
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              ſi genitum inferatur in eam, interit. </s>
              <s id="s.014765">Et hæc
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              eſt cauſa neceſſitatis mortis animalibus, &
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              ſtirpibus, cùm vas ipſum exinanitur. </s>
              <s id="s.014766">Terra
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              enim vtraque priuatione vitæ inepta omni­
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              nò eſt, cùm & coloris cœleſtis, & humidi
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              elementaris prorſus ſit expers, adeò vt hac
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              ratione non mereatur elementum dici. </s>
              <s id="s.014767">Quod­
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              libet igitur horum trium communi ratione
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              ſimplicitatis dicitur elementum: de aliis tri­
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              bus, & non eſſe elementum, & eſſe, & maxi­
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              mè eſſe dicitur. </s>
              <s id="s.014768">Veluti etiam terra genera­
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              tionis principio non eſt elementum: ma­
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              gnitudine vix eſt elementum, loco maximè
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              elementum. </s>
              <s id="s.014769">Hæc omnia ſub illis paucis ver­
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              bis non ſolùm continentur, ſed & declarata
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              ſunt in proximis verbis. </s>
              <s id="s.014770">Qui modus ac vis
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              cùm vbique ſeruetur, multis difficultatem
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              peperit cum admiratione, at ipſe cùm non
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              aſſequeretur ſenſum, vel proprio ipſius teſti­
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              monio cur auſus eſt contradicere? </s>
              <s id="s.014771">tantámque
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              operam ludere? </s>
              <s id="s.014772">Hæc igitur pro omnibus aliis
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              dicta ſint locis, in quibus ille contradictio­
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              nes annotauit. </s>
              <s id="s.014773">Nam & Ariſtotelis phraſis
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              eum docere potuit, quæ ſimili arte conſtru­
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              cta eſt, quàm ſi ex verbis ſolùm expendere
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              velis, nulla locus contradictione vacabit, nec
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              etiam in ſacra pagina. </s>
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              <s id="s.014774">40 Simili lapſu cadit cùm proportio non
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              exceſſus debeat conſiderari, maioris autem
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              quantitatis portio eadem maior eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.014775">Suum
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              exemplum non eſt ad propoſitum. </s>
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              <s id="s.014776">42 Diſcrimen inter opinionem Ariſto­
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              telis & noſtram, quod de fine agimus non
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              efficiente: atque hæc humilitas curſu aquæ
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              minuitur. </s>
              <s id="s.014777">Ita in natura factum eſt, vt quod
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              neceſſariò eſt, neceſſe poteſt, obice retunda­
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              tur. </s>
              <s id="s.014778">Velut dentes neceſſarium erat creſcere,
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              defeciſſent enim, nec longiores fieri, fuiſſent
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              enim inutiles, ideò creſcentes atteruntur.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.014779">Ariſtoteles autem ponit cauſam efficien­
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              tem. </s>
              <s id="s.014780">Fluuij omnes naturaliter ad meridiem
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              feruntur: ſyncerè quidam, alij per anfractus
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              alij præoccupant maris ingreſſum, quod ad
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              meridiem per ſe poſitum eſt, licet neceſſe ſit
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              partes illius diuerſas cœli plagas reſpicere.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.014781">Reflectuntur enim ſæpè, à montibus, & val­
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              libus circumaguntur. </s>
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              <s id="s.014782">43 Montes altiſſimi nullam ad altitudi­
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              nem partis terræ vim habent. </s>
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              <s id="s.014783">44 Alia eſt ratio totius, alia partis. </s>
              <s id="s.014784">Si Sol
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              totam terram ambiret, & mediocriter poſſet
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              eam calefacere, tota eſſet aridior torrida,
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              quia aliunde auxilium non reciperet? </s>
              <s id="s.014785">ſi mi­
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              nùs quàm mediocriter deterius ob frigus, &
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              aquas habitaretur, quàm Fimarchia ratione
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              eadem. </s>
              <s id="s.014786">At ille non aſſequitur pondus. </s>
              <s id="s.014787">Auxi­
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              lium enim minimum ad reſiſtendum, vt Ve­
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              neti dicunt, plus poteſt, quàm validiſſima
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              cauſa, quæ adiuuet. </s>
              <s id="s.014788">Ob hoc natura tempera­
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              uit corpus noſtrum, non vniuerſum effecit
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              temperatum. </s>
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              <s id="s.014789">45 Aqua quomodo in imò terræ ſit, de­
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              claraui in libris de Rerum Varietate: hîc
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              nego, & tamen vtrunque verum eſt: immi­
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              ſta enim manet nec fluitat. </s>
              <s id="s.014790">Itaque vaticina­
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              tus eſt, quæ aliquando dicturus eſſem, dum
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              exiſtimat recitare, quæ dixerim. </s>
              <s id="s.014791">Quod au­
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              tem terra ſit omnium fundamentum, Philo­
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              ſophi eſt, ideò non laboro. </s>
              <s id="s.014792">Cùm & verum
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              ſit, & ipſe per fas, nefáſque profiteatur, ſe
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              Philoſophum tueri. </s>
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              <s id="s.014793">46 Ego non intendo probare, quod fal­
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              ſum eſt, ſcilicet aquam non generari ſub ter­
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              ra? </s>
              <s id="s.014794">generatur enim, nec deficit aër, qui ſen­
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              ſim trahitur: ſed ſi generetur, non aſcendit.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.014795">Quòd ſcripſerim ibi pro eo, oſtendit ruſtici­
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              tatem importunitatémque ſuam, cum tam
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              breui factus per tot negotia editus, ſecundò
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              auctus, tertiò ſit emendatus. </s>
              <s id="s.014796">Cauit, ne non
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              emendatus prius in publicam prodiret, vt
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              haberet, quod carperet. </s>
              <s id="s.014797">Sic quod non ſuccu­
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              ti ab aqua poſſit, aſſumit ad oppugnandum,
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              quod probare debet. </s>
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              <s id="s.014798">FIGVR. V. </s>
              <s id="s.014799">De aqua aſcenſu rem non
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              explicat nec cauſam, nam & aliter aqua aſ­
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              cendit: non compreſſa, vt in primo libro,
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              quamobrem nec generaliter. </s>
              <s id="s.014800">Sed videamus
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              an rectè doceat cauſam aſcenſus aquæ in
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              montibus? </s>
              <s id="s.014801">Et patet, quod non, nam etiam
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              ſi mille libras aquæ ſuperimponas, ne vncia
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              quidem altius digito, quàm ad libellam im­
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              pulſa aſcendet. </s>
              <s id="s.014802">Sic ille, qui prodegit quæ­
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              cunque habuit Mediolani, deceptus hoc fal­
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              ſo ſuppoſito. </s>
              <s id="s.014803">Nam ad hoc admiſſo, quis non
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              videt dari motum perpetuum, quem ille
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              ſperabat. </s>
              <s id="s.014804">Hoc oſtendit, virum hunc ſophi­
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              ſticis peripateticorum rationibus aliorum
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              more inſiſtentem, nugari contra eos, qui ex­
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              perimentis, & machinis res didicerunt. </s>
              <s id="s.014805">At
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              aëre iſta fieri poſſunt, vt in Heronis machi­
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              na declaraui. </s>
              <s id="s.014806">Ita iſta Ariſtotelici cum ad ex­
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              perimenta ſe conferunt, ſeu cum medicis,
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              ſeu cum architectis aut mathematicis, aut
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              veris Philoſophis, qui certis principiis inſi­
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              ſtunt, aut artificibus vani ſemper deprehen­
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              duntur. </s>
              <s id="s.014807">Ecce vides hominem, & iudica: huc
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              vſque dum per machinas molitus eſt decla­
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              rationes, & in vtriſque manifeſtè falſus
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              deprehenditur, quam fidem aliis adhi­
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              bebis? </s>
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              <s id="s.014808">48 Aſtaboram, & Aſtanum, Mela, Pli­
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              nius & Solinus cum Nilo eoſdem eſſe vo­
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              lunt. </s>
              <s id="s.014809">Vnde patet, quam calumniosè agat,
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              cum etiam parum interſit, nam fluuij oriun­
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              tur, & occidunt, vt nihil ſit perpetuum:
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              ideò in talibus ſoleo ſequi vulgarem opi­
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              nionem. </s>
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              <s id="s.014810">49 Dicit quod ego dico, littus boreale
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              neceſſariò eſt, id eſt, quòd boream reſpicit,
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              quandoquidem ipſemet fatetur ortum eſſe
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              vltra tropicum hyemalem. </s>
              <s id="s.014811">Vbi idem putat
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              eſſe tropicum, & circulum hyemalem, vt
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              diſertè loquatur. </s>
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              <s id="s.014812">50 Mare non mittit fontes niſi ſalſos,
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              percolatur tamen aqua propè etiam tribus
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              cubitis, quæ dulcis eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.014813">Nec negauit ex mari
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              oriri flumina, ſed omnia: necnon emergere
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              è terra, ſed non poſſe vltra æquilibrium aſ­
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              cendere. </s>
              <s id="s.014814">Ita verò fateor, difficile eſt cum lu­
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              ctæ imperito luctari. </s>
              <s id="s.014815">Accipit vnam rem pro
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              alia fermè ſemper. </s>
              <s id="s.014816">Quæ redarguit, ne ſom­
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              niaui quidem: quæ dixi, non attingit. </s>
              <s id="s.014817">Durum
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              videtur, & id iure ſolum aquas miſtione
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              dulceſcere, & aquas puteorum Mediola-</s>
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