Buonamici, Francesco, De motu libri X

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              per accidens veluti poteſtas ineſt in materia ad eſſe & non eſſe: ſed planè materia appetit eſſe,
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              non eſſe autem ſic appetit, vt illud quod expetit, eſſe poſsit. </s>
              <s>Neque verò re perturbet, quòd
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              Ariſtoteles vno determinarit poteſtates rationis exortes, & ob id ab iis ſegregarit, quæ ratione
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              participant. </s>
              <s>ſiquidem poteſtates rationis exortes ſint, vel actuoſæ, vel patibiles: atque actuoſos
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              quidem vno determinantur; nos autem de patibilibus in pręſentia diſputamus: illę quidem
                <expan abbr="vnũ">vnum</expan>
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              reſpiciunt: at noſtra poteſtas accipit oppoſita viciſsim. </s>
              <s>Cùm verò materia ſit partibilis & quo­
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              dammodo præſeferat infinitatem quæ diſperſa in vnum à forma colligitur. </s>
              <s>idcirco tendere ad
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              vnum erit formam verſus progredi, & contra regredi ad materiam idem erit, ac perſequi infini­
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              tum. </s>
              <s>Si ergo natura declinat infinitum & ad vnum propenſa eſt; planum quod tendere ad for­
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              mam prorſus erit naturale; progredi ad materiam non naturale cenſebitur, aut ſaltem non na­
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              turale ſimpliciter & ſic in melius tendet, & in ipſum perpetuò collimabit, vt quoad eius fieri po­
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              teſt, præſtet id quod melius eſt
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              a
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              ex iis quæcunque rerum ſtatui contingunt, niſi aliter efficere
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              cogatur ex neceſsitate materiæ. </s>
              <s>ſiquidem rubiginem inferro nolit efficere; ſed ferrum ex tali
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                peramento</expan>
              conſtat, vt ipſum rubigo neceſſariò conſequatur. </s>
              <s>Atque hic melioris ſcopus ſic po­
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              teſt apud naturam, vt etiam rebus ad aliud inſtitutis ad aliquod bonum
                <expan abbr="finemq́">finemque</expan>
              . </s>
              <s>abutatur, vt
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              in animali neceſſe ſit eſſe aliquos meatus, vnde redundantiæ repurgentur, eiſdem quoque natu­
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              ra melioris
                <expan abbr="finisq́">finisque</expan>
              . </s>
              <s>gratia, nimirum propagationis, vt alterum tale producatur, quale ipſum eſt,
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              abuſa ſit. </s>
              <s>At verò ea quæ poteſt exhibere natura, vel æterna ſunt, vel caduca, quæ ſanè pluſquam
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              ſpecie ſeparantur. </s>
              <s>hæc vt natura diſiuncta ſunt; ſic varijs ſunt obnoxia legibus, id enim quod in
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              æternis effici poteſt æternum eſt: quod verò in caducis ex iis ſępe exiſtit, quæ varietatem reci­
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              piunt;
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              . </s>
              <s>diuino inſtinctu concitata natura, rem minorem maiori
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              . </s>
              <s>accommodat,
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              non contrà maiorem
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              . </s>
              <s>minori. </s>
              <s>& id quod inferius eſt, vult inſeruire ſuperiori, &
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                <expan abbr="cuiq́">cuique</expan>
              . </s>
              <s>recta ratione vtenti, ſua parat inſtrumenta; nec prius inſtrumenta fabricatur quam de vten­
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              te cogitauerit. </s>
              <s>Nam ſicuti rectius tibia muſico præbetur quàm tibiam poſsidenti, peritia tibias
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              inflandi: ſic etiam natura facit. </s>
              <s>Itaque non immeritò reprehenditur Anaxagoras qui rationem
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              allaturus, cur homo omnium eſſet animalium prudentiſsimus, eam exponebat quòd manus ha­
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              beret. </s>
              <s>ac rectè quidem, ſi rationem, vt ſignum exquirebat: ſed ſi veras cauſſas quæſtionis indaga­
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              bat; recta ratio poſtulat, vt idcirco fateamur homini datas eſſe manus, quia ſit animal prudentiſ­
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              simum. </s>
              <s>
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              b
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              Atque ita melius eſt. </s>
              <s>Semper igitur deterius gratia melioris:
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              . </s>
              <s>ita generale, vt per
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              artes & naturam ęquè pertineat. </s>
              <s>Itaque ſapientes pacis cauſſa bellum gerunt;
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              c
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              laborem ſpe otij
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              ſuſtentant. </s>
              <s>Sed requirat hoc loco quiſpiam, ſit ne cauſſa hoc quod dicimus eſſe melius; an po­
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              tius effectus, & cum cauſſa ponatur. </s>
              <s>quod nam cauſſæ genus ſit; & quemadmodum cauſſæ offi­
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              cio fungatur. </s>
              <s>Et planè inficiari non licet, hoc ab Ariſtotele inter cauſſarum genera recenſeri: in­
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              quit enim ſe habere quàm poteſt optimè cauſſam eſſe. </s>
              <s>
                <emph type="sup"/>
              d
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                <expan abbr="eamq́">eamque</expan>
              . </s>
              <s>tam pręcipuam exiſtimaſſe vide­
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              tur, vt neceſſe ſit, ſi melius hoc modo foret: ita quoque ſe habere naturam: quaſi nulla prior
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              cauſſa afferri queat: ideo iure optimo non ſeiungetur à fine, hanc enim omnium cauſſam potiſsi­
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              mam ponit vnuſquiſque artifex, ſed præcipue naturalis. </s>
              <s>Ita verò ſe habet vt finis. </s>
              <s>Nam cùm ſit
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              in vniuerſo primum quoddam immortale, & ineffabile, ſimpliciter ens, & ſimpliciter bonum;
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              ex hoc cętera impetrant quòd ſint, & quòd bona ſint quodam tamen ordine, vt quæ naturam,
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              ſiue eſſentiam illam magis imitantur: perfectiora
                <expan abbr="melioraq́">melioraque</expan>
              . </s>
              <s>ſint, huiuſmodi verò ſunt actus &
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              ſubſtantiæ quæ actu ſunt, primum materiæ exortes, deinde materiatæ: atque illæ quidem è tri­
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              plici ſerie corpora cęleſtia, forma & indiuidua, quibus eſſe & bonitas impertita ſunt miris mo­
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              dis. </s>
              <s>atque adeo, vt vniuerſa rerum latitudo gradibus omnibus completa ſit quos aliqua nota di­
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              ſtinctos excipere poteſt. </s>
              <s>Ergo quod eſt, & quod bonum eſt, cùm ſuoptè ingenio ſit finis & ex­
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              petendum; efficitur, vt natura ſemper expetat id quod melius eſt, & quàm maximè præſtare co­
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              netur ita ſuum finem adeptura. </s>
              <s>A ſuperioribus ergo principiis hoc cauſſæ genus extitit, & de­
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              ſcendit quodammodo cęlitus. </s>
              <s>Itaque ſine errore natura producit, & vt melius non poſsit. </s>
              <s>ac ſi­
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              quis corrigere aliquid volet, vt turpiſsimus ille Momus, aut deterius faciet, aut id quod fieri
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              non potuit, optabit. </s>
              <s>Sic cùm melius ſit eſſe quàm non eſſe, natura potius ineſſe quàm non eſſe
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              contendet: & ſi poterit; æternum numero faciet; ſi minus, vt æternum ſucceſsione ſit, & ſpecie,
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              curabit; nihil minus, quam ſibi perniciem molietur, niſi fortè per accidens; vt ignis qui, cum in
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              aliena materia conſiſtat,
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              . </s>
              <s>neceſſariò nutriatur; ſi permanere velit, eam quoque neceſſariò
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                ſumit</expan>
              ; itaque & neceſſariò necem ſibi parat. </s>
              <s>& quia res tùm perfecta eſt, cum iis muneribus fun­
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              gi poteſt, quibus ipſam natura deſtinauit, id ſummopere expetet; atque expetet, ſiquando
                <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan>
              ha­
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              beat, aut ſi non eo modo habeat, quo bene eſt; ac ſi obtinuerit; tanquàm in oportuno diuerſorio
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              requieſcet. </s>
              <s>Hic
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              finis cum forma
                <expan abbr="cõgruit">congruit</expan>
              , cuius cùm tantum ſit
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              in naturę operibus
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              etiam nos admonet & impellit in iis veſtigandis, vt maiorem formæ rationem habeamus, quàm
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              materiæ, quod veteres philoſophi non perſpicientes toto cęlo aberrarunt. </s>
              <s>nil enim aliud quàm
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              materiam, naturam eſſe crediderunt, formas habuere pro accidentibus ac ſi quod aliud </s>
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