Gassendi, Pierre, De motu impresso a motore translato epistulae duae, 1642

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              biliter ſubtiliores iis, qui à re fœtida emittuntur;
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              vtque ex effectu oppoſito intelligas, radios illos, &
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              quaſi catenulas, vncinuloſque rei pulcræ eſſe poſſe
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              incomparabiliter ſubtiliores iis, quibus roſa nareis
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              ad ſe pellicit. </s>
              <s id="id.000462">Vnum reperies difficile; videlicet
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              imaginari tenuïtatem illam incredibilem huiuſmodi
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              corpuſculorum: ſed quia iam legiſti, opinor, in
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              exemplo epiſtolæ ſuperiore Auguſto ad Licetum
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              ſcriptæ, quod eſt Luillerio præ manibus, vnde
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              poſſis exiſtimare difficultatem eſſe ſubmotam, ideò
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              ſubmouere non aggredior heic. </s>
              <s id="id.000463">Velim ſolùm con­
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              ſideres eam eſſe ſenſuum noſtrorum hebetudinem,
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              eam naturæ ſubtilitatem, vt vbi ſubtilitas noſtra de­
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              ſinit, ſuam explicare natura incipiat; veluti dum exſol­
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              uit, aut compingit animalculum A cari ex innumeris
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              prope illis myriadibus particularum, ſine quibus id
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              animal conſtare omninô non poteſt; & in cuius tamen
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              paruitatem acuties noſtra deſinit: aut dum ex cor­
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              poris ſuperficie continenter deradit viſibileis ſpe­
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              cies, & quaſi membranulas (niſi malis has totas eſſe
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              à lucidis corporibus ex ſuperficiebus corporum re­
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              flexas) quæ vix tandem poſt multa ſæcula coaduna­
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              tæ, vnius telæ araneæ craſſitudini exæquari poſſint.
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              <s id="id.000464">Heinc ſanè minùs mirabere, minuſque ridiculum
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              duces, quod propono tibi de illa ineffabili, aut in­
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              excogitabili potiùs tenuitate organulorum, quibus
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              agentia naturalia in eliciendis illis ſuis planè admi­
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              rabilibus operationibus vtuntur. </s>
              <s id="id.000465">Vtcúmque ſit ſanè,
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              ipſe non percipio, quomodo quicquid per ſympa­
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              thiam, aut antipathiam perhibetur agere, agat reipſâ, </s>
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