SIMPL. Which?
SAGR. Why theſe; Alterable, unalterable; paſſible, ^{*}
ſible; generable, ingenerable; corruptible, incorruptible?
ſible; generable, ingenerable; corruptible, incorruptible?
SAGR. Well then, if this be true, and it be alſo granted,
that Cœleſtial Bodies are ingenerable and incorruptible; I prove
that of neceſſity Cœleſtial Bodies muſt be generable and
ptible.
that Cœleſtial Bodies are ingenerable and incorruptible; I prove
that of neceſſity Cœleſtial Bodies muſt be generable and
ptible.
SAGR. Hear my Argument, and then cenſure and reſolve it.
Cœleſtial Bodies, for that they are ingenerable and incorruptible,
have in Nature their contraries, which are thoſe Bodies that be
generable and corruptible; but where there is contrariety, there
is alſo generation and corruption; therefore Cœleſtial Bodies are
generable and corruptible.
Cœleſtial Bodies, for that they are ingenerable and incorruptible,
have in Nature their contraries, which are thoſe Bodies that be
generable and corruptible; but where there is contrariety, there
is alſo generation and corruption; therefore Cœleſtial Bodies are
generable and corruptible.
SIMPL. Did I not ſay it could be no other than a Sophiſm?
This is one of thoſe forked Arguments called Soritæ: like that
of the Cretan, who ſaid that all Cretans were lyars; but he as
being a Cretan, had told a lye, in ſaying that the Cretans were
ars; it followed therefore, that the Cretans were no lyars, and
conſequently that he, as being a Cretan, had ſpoke truth: And
yet in ſaying the Cretans were lyars, he had ſaid true, and
prehending himſelf as a Cretan, he muſt conſequently be a lyar.
And thus in theſe kinds of Sophiſms a man may dwell to eternity,
and never come to any concluſion.
This is one of thoſe forked Arguments called Soritæ: like that
of the Cretan, who ſaid that all Cretans were lyars; but he as
being a Cretan, had told a lye, in ſaying that the Cretans were
ars; it followed therefore, that the Cretans were no lyars, and
conſequently that he, as being a Cretan, had ſpoke truth: And
yet in ſaying the Cretans were lyars, he had ſaid true, and
prehending himſelf as a Cretan, he muſt conſequently be a lyar.
And thus in theſe kinds of Sophiſms a man may dwell to eternity,
and never come to any concluſion.
SIMPL. As to the reſolving of it, and finding out its fallacie,
do you not in the firſt place ſee a manifeſt contradiction in it?
Cœleſtial Bodies are ingenerable and incorruptible; Ergo,
ſtial Bodies are generable and corruptible. And again, the
trariety is not betwixt the Cœleſtial Bodies, but betwixt the
lements, which have the contrariety of the Motions, ſurſùm and
deorſùm, and of levity and gravity; But the Heavens which move
circularly, to which motion no other motion is contrary, want
contrariety, and therefore they are incorruptible.
do you not in the firſt place ſee a manifeſt contradiction in it?
Cœleſtial Bodies are ingenerable and incorruptible; Ergo,
ſtial Bodies are generable and corruptible. And again, the
trariety is not betwixt the Cœleſtial Bodies, but betwixt the
lements, which have the contrariety of the Motions, ſurſùm and
deorſùm, and of levity and gravity; But the Heavens which move
circularly, to which motion no other motion is contrary, want
contrariety, and therefore they are incorruptible.