Huygens, Christiaan, Christiani Hugenii opera varia; Bd. 2: Opera geometrica. Opera astronomica. Varia de optica

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            Siderum vel Terræ nomine, in prima Geneſi, etiam Plane-
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            tæ, qui præter Solem Lunamque ſunt, comprehendantur;
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s8261" xml:space="preserve">atque etiam Jovis & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8262" xml:space="preserve">Saturni Comites; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8263" xml:space="preserve">poſſe non tantum
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            plures alios utriuſque generis includi, ſed & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8264" xml:space="preserve">res innumeras
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            quas in ſuperficie eorum ſummo opifici collocare placuerit. </s>
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            Porro non neſcire eos quo pacto interpretandum ſit, quod
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            dicitur omnia propter hominem condita eſſe; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8266" xml:space="preserve">neque eo ſi-
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            gnificari, ut a pluribus jam eſt animadverſum, tot ingentia
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            corpora ſtellarum, quas partim videmus, partim nec vidiſ-
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            ſemus quidem unquam, ſi Teleſcopiorum auxilium defuiſſet,
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            noſtræ utilitatis aut contemplationis gratia fuiſſe condita; </s>
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            quia id abſurde diceretur. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8268" xml:space="preserve">Quare cum operum Dei magna
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            pars extra conſpectum hominum ſit poſita, neque ad eos
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            pertinere videatur, haud alienum eſſe opinari, aliquos exta-
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            re, qui illa propius aſpiciant & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8269" xml:space="preserve">admirentur.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s8271" xml:space="preserve">Sed dicent fortaſſe, cum de his ipſe ſupremus auctor nihil
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              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-0388-01" xlink:href="note-0388-01a" xml:space="preserve">Inquiſitio-
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              nem horum
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              ut nimis cu-
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              rioſam repre-
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              hendi non
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            amplius docuerit aut revelarit, credendum eſſe ſibi ſcientiam
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            eorum reſervaſſe, ac proinde temere, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8272" xml:space="preserve">curioſe nimis de iis
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            inquiri. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8273" xml:space="preserve">At nimium ipſos ſibi ſumere ajo, ſi definire velint,
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            quouſque homines inveſtigando progredi debeant, diligen-
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            tiæque eorum modum ſtatuere; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8274" xml:space="preserve">ac ſi terminos, quos hic
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            Deus præſcripſit, certo cognitos haberent; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8275" xml:space="preserve">aut in hominum
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            poteſtate eſſet illos prætergredi. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8276" xml:space="preserve">Et ſane, ſi talibus ſcrupu-
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            lis retenti fuiſſent qui ante nos vixerunt, adhuc ignorari po-
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            tuiſſet quænam Telluris eſſet figura, aut quæ magnitudo, & </s>
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            num aliqua Americæ regio. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8278" xml:space="preserve">Item an Solis radiis Luna illu-
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            ſtraretur, quibuſve ex cauſis aut hæc aut ille deficerent; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8279" xml:space="preserve">ac
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            pleraque alia, quæ Aſtronomorum laboribus repertiſque ac-
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            cepta referimus. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8280" xml:space="preserve">Quid enim tam abſconditum & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8281" xml:space="preserve">inacceſſum
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            videbatur, quam quæ de rebus cœleſtibus in aperta luce nunc
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            poſita ſunt? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8282" xml:space="preserve">Ex quo intelligitur induſtriam mentiſque acu-
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            men hominibus data eſſe, quibus paulatim rerum naturalium
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            cognitionem conſequerentur, neque eſſe cur conari deſina-
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            mus & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8283" xml:space="preserve">ulteriora inquirere. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8284" xml:space="preserve">Attamen reconditiora illa, qui-
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            bus hic præcipue inſiſtimus, ſcimus non eſſe ejuſmodi, ut
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            quærendo penitus inveſtigari poſſint. </s>
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