Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              paritura eſſet ſe ſubtraxit: tribus diebus in
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              partus laboribus fuit: vltimò cum caput ſo­
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              lum ſeptem, vt referebat, horis promineret
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              conſilio obſtetricis, quæ matrem ſeruandam
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              ducebat, vi extractus ſum, atque mortuo ſi­
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              milis. </s>
              <s id="s.015930">Verùm contra morem vini balneo re­
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              creatus ſum, ſuxi lac nutricis prægnantis:
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              primoque menſe peſte correptus: inde aqua
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              intercute, tandem euaſi. </s>
              <s id="s.015931">Vſque ad ſeptimum
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              annum variis ac periculoſis morbis conflicta­
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              tus, octauo demum pro mortuo habitus ac
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              defletus à patre, ſuperſtes fui. </s>
              <s id="s.015932">Inde in peren­
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              ni ac moleſta ſeruitute ad annum vſque vi­
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              geſimum vitam duxi: quo tempore, vt refe­
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              rebant, ſenilem quendam habitum ac fa­
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              ciem præ me ferebam. </s>
              <s id="s.015933">Dum verò in liber­
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              tate conſtitutus, etiam contemplationi ope­
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              ram dedi, tantùm abfuit vt conſeneſcere
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              præter ætatem viſus ſim, vt nunc multis an­
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              nis iunior ab omnibus quibus notus non
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              ſum, iudicer. </s>
              <s id="s.015934">Ita ætate regreſſus potius quàm
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              progreſſus, quamvis etiam in perpetuis la­
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              boribus, ac curarum iuſtis cauſis, non curis
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              multis annis verſer. </s>
              <s id="s.015935">Tantùm poteſt delecta­
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              tio contemplationis. </s>
              <s id="s.015936">Et quanquam nonnun­
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              quam, vt nunc leui pollicis dextri pedis do­
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              lore tenear, id contingit nimia ob ſtudia,
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              Papiæ profiterer, & ceſſationum ab exerci­
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              tio: quo etiam malo nunc premor, credo
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              magna ex parte, quod deuorare has nugas,
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              & relinquere dulces, atque vtiles medicinæ
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              meditationes coactus ſum. </s>
              <s id="s.015937">Quamvis enim
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              hæc illius deliramenta riſum non rarò mihi
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              mouerint, vbi tamen cogor totum perlege­
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              re, incredibile tædium aſſueto claſſicorum,
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              aut ſaltem iucundorum lectioni pariunt. </s>
              <s id="s.015938">At
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              hic eius liber duorum, quæ Horatius iubet
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              poëtas præſtare, neutrum præſtat: quo fit vt
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              iam intolerabili moleſtia hos libros exami­
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              nem: Dij in poſterum hanc peſtem auertant.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.015939">Cæterùm quod ad illum attinet, dicit mul­
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              tum eſſe imminutum ex natiuo ipſius vigo­
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              re, perpetuò torqueri, atque id ego ex tam
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              abſurdo inſtituto coniectabar, nec tamen ob
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              id deſinit probos viros laceſſere, impedire,
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              cenſorem aliorum agere, tenebras offunde­
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              re? </s>
              <s id="s.015940">quod malum ſuperi? </s>
              <s id="s.015941">at dices, Tu ta­
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              men non diſtinxeras inter contemplatio­
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              nem, & labores ſtudioſorum, vt ſic homi­
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              nes tuis conſiliis perderentur? </s>
              <s id="s.015942">minimè.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.015943">Nam præſtat mori eruditum, & diuini mu­
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              neris conſcium, quàm inertem, & erga
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              Deum ingratum, vel mille annis viuere.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.015944">Ergo ſi cui ſatis integra valetudine ad con­
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              templationis ianuam peruenire contigerit,
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              & voluptatem maximam animo, & grati­
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              tudinem erga Deum, & vitæ incrementa
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              nanciſcetur. </s>
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              <s id="s.015945">311. Sed & hic culpat quod dicam con­
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              tracto calore ſomnum prohibere, quod
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              etiam in ſecunda ſectione 314. exercita­
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              tionis dixerim, ſomnum fieri ex quiete ſpi­
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              rituum, cum id abundè declarauerim in li­
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              bro de Animi immortalitate, nec ipſe de­
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              clarationi reſpondeat, nec oſtendat oppo­
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              ſitum, ſed ſolùm falſæ peripateticorum
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              ſententiæ innitatur, quid eſt quod nos
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              vexet? </s>
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              <s id="s.015946">312. Verùm locum, occaſionem inuenit,
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              quibus ſuas ineptias diffunderet. </s>
              <s id="s.015947">Vtinam ve­
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              ra eſſent quæ definit: ſæpe enim talia quæ­
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              rere ſoleo, quæ non inuenio apud aliquem.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.015948">Sed abſit vt ab illo accipiam, qui nec ab ali­
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              quo veterum ſignificata hæc accipit, nec
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              oſtendit quod ita ſit: ſed vult ſua ſimplici
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              narrationi vt dictatori atque oraculo cui­
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              piam. </s>
              <s id="s.015949">Sic enim de ſemetipſo prædicat, nos
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              acquieſcere, cùm conſtet paſſim decipi: &
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              obiter non conſulto veterum interpretatio­
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              nibus, & ſui antiquo contradicere. </s>
              <s id="s.015950">Itaque
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              libenter in talibus ſe diffundit, multa que per­
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              peràm nugatur. </s>
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              <s id="s.015951">316. Non ſunt offæ ori illius accommo­
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              datæ omni qui odit, ſperat, vel temporis ſuc­
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              ceſſu, vel ab alio, vel à Deo vindictam de
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              inimico videre. </s>
              <s id="s.015952">Interim triſtitia diſcrutiatur.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.015953">Et ideò lex noſtra rectè conſulit vt odia de­
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              ponamus. </s>
              <s id="s.015954">Propterea etiam principes non fa­
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              cilè odimus, quia ſpem vindictæ rarò aucu­
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              pari de illis licet. </s>
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              <s id="s.015955">317. Amorem diuinum inter animi hos
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              miſeros affectus non colloco, ſed de eo in
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              libris de Æternitatis arcanis agitur. </s>
              <s id="s.015956">Tracta­
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              tiones hæ quaſi genere diſtinctæ ſunt. </s>
              <s id="s.015957">In ſe­
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              ctione quarta, illa non eſt audacia, cùm deſ­
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              peratione ſalutis aguntur. </s>
              <s id="s.015958">Ibidem irridet vir
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              ineptus parabolas, priuilegia, vt rem notam
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              abacis triuialibus. </s>
              <s id="s.015959">Iuro per genium meum
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              poſtquam tam ſtupida mendacia effudit, &
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              319. exercitatione dicit me conatum redu­
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              cere Euclidis theoremata ad pauciora, cùm
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              id ab omni veritate alienum eſſe omnes in­
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              telligant, me exiſtimare etiam ſi doceretur
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              de his, non percepturum: illud ſanè conſtat
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              eum nequaquam à limine geometriam ſa­
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              lutaſſe, ſed turpiſſima temeritate non intel­
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              lectis non etiam viſis, quæ de circini vnica
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              latitudine ſuppoſita ſcripſeramus, cæco iu­
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              dicio ac mente pariter ſcripſit hæc, tan­
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              quam aſinis ſcriberet. </s>
              <s id="s.015960">Demiror ſanè viri
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              impudentiam: ſed non demiror. </s>
              <s id="s.015961">Quid enim
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              tam turpe eſt, tam abſonum, quod in hoc
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              admiratione dignum ſit? </s>
              <s id="s.015962">Vnde etiam men­
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              dacij manifeſti ibi conuincitur. </s>
              <s id="s.015963">Nam quo­
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              modo potuit ipſe ad pauciora theoremata
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              reducere, primùm quòd ſupponat aliqua
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              eſſe ad exercendam iuuentutem, cùm ne
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              vnum quidem iuxta ordinem ipſius Euclidis
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              ſuperfluat: deinde cùm non intelligere ar­
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              tem omninò ex verbis ſuis deprehendatur:
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              demum, quod totum librum mutare eſſet
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              neceſſarium, qui pauculas propoſitiones ſub­
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              trahere vellet, cui negotio ne centum qui­
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              dem ſui ſimiles cum turba tota ſuorum pal­
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              patorum ſufficerent. </s>
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              <s id="s.015964">321. Simile illud quodcunque accipit,
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              vel probat geometra, per numeros dirigi
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              poteſt. </s>
              <s id="s.015965">Quid abſurdius? </s>
              <s id="s.015966">quid à veritate ma­
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              gis alienum dici poteſt, inſcriptiones figu­
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              rarum & circumſcriptiones, tum corporum,
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              anguli, contactum rectorum cum circulis,
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              obliquorum cum rectis exceſſus, quanam
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              arte ad Arithmeticam redigi poſſint, non
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              video. </s>
              <s id="s.015967">Sed neque gemina reflexa proportio:
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              reducat hanc ad numeros, & cedimus illi.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.015968">Quæ in verecundia eſt hæc, velle adeò tur­
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              piter mentiri in his, quæ non nouit? </s>
              <s id="s.015969">ac
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              adeò pueriliter nugari. </s>
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            <p type="main">
              <s id="s.015970">323. De pluuia ranarum conſulat ter­
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              tiam editionem, videbit nos declarationem </s>
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