Huygens, Christiaan, Christiani Hugenii opera varia; Bd. 2: Opera geometrica. Opera astronomica. Varia de optica
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            bendi arte, niſi ſumma in commerciis belliſque neceſſi@as
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            eam extudiſſet. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8667" xml:space="preserve">Huic artem navigandi, huic ſerendi debe-
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            mus, maximamque partem cæterorum quibus fruimur inven-
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            torum; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8668" xml:space="preserve">itemque naturæ arcana fere omnia, inter experien-
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            dum reperta. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8669" xml:space="preserve">Ita ea ipſa propter quæ incuſanda rationis fa-
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            cultas videbatur, poſſunt dici ad perficiendam exacuendamque
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            eam plurimum prodeſſe. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8670" xml:space="preserve">Nam & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8671" xml:space="preserve">virtutes ipſæ, fortitudo
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            animi, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8672" xml:space="preserve">conſtantia, vix aliter quam in periculis rebuſque
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            adverſis apparere poſſunt.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s8674" xml:space="preserve">Quod ſi igitur genus animalium rationabile in cæteris Pla-
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            netis eſſe cogitemus, quod virtutibus vitiiſque fere iiſdem
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            atque homines præditum ſit, id tanti eſſe exiſtimandum eſt,
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            ut abſque iis, longè quàm Tellus hæc noſtra viliores futuri
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            ſint.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s8676" xml:space="preserve">Poſitis vero ejuſmodi Planetarum incolis ratione utenti-
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              <note position="right" xlink:label="note-0403-01" xlink:href="note-0403-01a" xml:space="preserve">Nec ratio-
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              nem in Pla-
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              netarum in-
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              colis à noſtr@
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              diverſam
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              eſſe.</note>
            bus, quæri adhuc poteſt, anne idem illic, atque apud nos,
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            ſit hoc quod rationem vocamus. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8677" xml:space="preserve">Quod quidem ita eſſe
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            omnino dicendum videtur, neque aliter fieri poſſe; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8678" xml:space="preserve">ſive
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            uſum rationis in his conſideremus quæ ad mores & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8679" xml:space="preserve">æquita-
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            tem pertinent, ſive in iis quæ ſpectant ad principia & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8680" xml:space="preserve">fun-
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            damenta ſcientiarum. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8681" xml:space="preserve">Etenim ratio apud nos eſt, quæ ſen-
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            ſum juſtitiæ, honeſti, laudis, clementiæ, gratitudinis inge-
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            nerat, mala ac bona in univerſum diſcernere docet: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8682" xml:space="preserve">quæque
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            ad hæc animum diſciplinæ, multorumque inventorum capa-
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            cem reddit. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8683" xml:space="preserve">Exſtaretne alibi diverſa ab hac ratio? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8684" xml:space="preserve">cenſere-
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            turque injuſtum aut ſceleſtum in Jove aut Marte, quod apud
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            nos juſtum ac præclarum habetur? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8685" xml:space="preserve">Certè nec veri ſimile eſt,
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            nec omnino poſſibile. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8686" xml:space="preserve">Cum enim rationis, qualem hic
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            agnoſcimus, ductu opus ſit ad tuendam vitam ac ſocietatem
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            (nam & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8687" xml:space="preserve">hanc apud Planeticolas reperiri oſtendemus) ſi con-
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            traria ejus decretis ſtatuantur, ſequetur ruina ac ſubverſio eo-
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            rum, quibus ejuſmodi mens perverſa contigiſſet. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8688" xml:space="preserve">At con-
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            ſervati
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            o, ut videmus, rerum conditori ubique propoſita eſt.
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            </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8689" xml:space="preserve">Verum utur affectiones animi à nobis aliquatenus diverſæ
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            ſint@ apud iſtos longinquarum terrarum habitatores, puta in
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            his quæ ad amicitiam, iram, odium, honeſtatem, </s>
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