Casati, Paolo, De igne dissertationes physicae, 1686

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              <pb o="139" file="0567" n="567" rhead="An igneæ ſint brutorum animæ."/>
            videtur, quàm Veſpa ab Ape, quibus animas tribuunt ſpecie
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            diverſas. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s18296" xml:space="preserve">Propterea fortaſſe, ut ſe ab hiſce omnibus aliiſque,
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            difficultatibus expedirent, ſatius exiſtimârunt aliqui brutis ani-
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            mantibus tribuere animam individuam quidem & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s18297" xml:space="preserve">partibus
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            carentem, ſed univerſum corpus, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s18298" xml:space="preserve">ſingulas quaſque ejus par-
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            tes, tum in primo ortu, tum in incremento, afficientem: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s18299" xml:space="preserve">Qui-
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            bus adſtipulator facilè accederem, niſi me deterreret tanta cum
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            humano animo ſimilitudo. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s18300" xml:space="preserve">Præterquam quod etiam diviſo in
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            duas partes corpore lumbrici, aut vïperę, utramque partem
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            adhuc vivere indicat motus, nec tamen eandem animam utro-
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            bique conſiſtere auderem concedere: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s18301" xml:space="preserve">his autem ſi animam,
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            dividuam eſſe affirmem, cur cęteris negem, non habeo ſatis
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            ſolida argumenta.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s18303" xml:space="preserve">Maur. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s18304" xml:space="preserve">Nos nobis ipſos fortaſſe fucum facere metuendum
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            eſt in hac brutorum animantium conſideratione, cùm eorum,
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            quę nos intelligendo, volendo, reminiſcendo experimur, voca-
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            bula inflectimus ac traducimus ad illorum perceptiones atque
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            appetitiones: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s18305" xml:space="preserve">verùm tam arcto nexu animus rationalis cum
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            corpore jungitur, ut id, quod ille pręſtat, ſejungere nequeamus
              <lb/>
            ab illis mutationibus, quas animales ſpiritus animi motuum
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            comites moliuntur in corpore: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s18306" xml:space="preserve">ac propterea, ut conjecturâ
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            aliquâ aſſequamur, quid cęteris animantibus contingat (quan-
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            doquidem omnibus ſpiritus Animales neceſſarios eſſe inficiari
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            non poſſumus) attendendum eſt, an illi ſufficiant; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s18307" xml:space="preserve">neque hæ-
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            rendum in vocibus ut plurimum translatis, quę potiùs oratio-
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            nem ornant, quàm rem ipſam explicent. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s18308" xml:space="preserve">Sic ſenſus rerum
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            nuntios & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s18309" xml:space="preserve">interpretes dicimus; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s18310" xml:space="preserve">an continuò huic metaphorę
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            ſuperſtruenda eſt Philoſophica opinio? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s18311" xml:space="preserve">Phantaſma vocamus
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            rei obirctæ imaginem, fortaſſe quia in intimâ oculi parte quaſi
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            pictura apparet rerum obiectarum ſimilitudinem referens,
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            quemadmodum in obſcuro conclavi per exiguum foramen ex-
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            cepti radii in papyro effingunt imaginem eorum, quę in proſ-
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            pectu ſunt poſita: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s18312" xml:space="preserve">non tamen in cerebro pariter ſimulacrum
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            ſeu idolum, quod mens contempletur, cogitare debemus: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s18313" xml:space="preserve">ut
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            enim hoc concederetur iis, quę ſub aſpectum cadunt, quęnam
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            eſſet figura vocum, quas audimus? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s18314" xml:space="preserve">quę forma dulcedinis, quam
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            guſtamus? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s18315" xml:space="preserve">quę caloris, quo urimur, effigies? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s18316" xml:space="preserve">quę lineamenta
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            odoris, quo delectamur? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s18317" xml:space="preserve">Sed propriis atque aptis vocibus caren-
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            tes facilè patimur rem per ſe obſcuram mutatis atque translatis
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            nominibus explicari; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s18318" xml:space="preserve">non eſt tamen illis preſsè inſiſtendum.
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s18319" xml:space="preserve">Hinc fateor me aliquando ſatis mirari non potuiſſe </s>
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