1ciple be intrinſecal, we ſhall not perceive a local motion that is
rived from our ſelves, and we ſhall never diſcover a propenſion
petually annexed to our ſelves.
rived from our ſelves, and we ſhall never diſcover a propenſion
petually annexed to our ſelves.
He that will
low Copernicus,
must deny his
ſes.
low Copernicus,
must deny his
ſes.
SALV. So that the inſtance of this Philoſopher lays its ſtreſs
on this, that whether the principle by which we move round with
the Earth be either extern, or intern, yet however we muſt
ceive it, and not perceiving it, it is neither the one nor the other,
and therefore we move not, nor conſequently the Earth. Now I
ſay, that it may be both ways, and yet we not perceive the ſame.
And that it may be external, the experiment of the boat
bundantly ſatisſieth me; I ſay, ſuperabundantly, becauſe it being
in our power at all times to make it move, and alſo to make it
ſtand ſtill, and with great exactneſs to make obſervation, whether
by ſome diverſity that may be comprehended by the ſenſe of
ing, we can come to know whether it moveth or no, ſeeing that
as yet no ſuch ſcience is obtained: Will it then be any matter of
wonder, if the ſame accident is unknown to us on the Earth, the
which may have carried us about perpetually, and we, without our
being ever able to experiment its reſt? You, Simplicius, as I
lieve, have gone by boat many times to Padoua, and if you will
confeſs the truth, you never felt in your ſelf the participation of
that motion, unleſs when the boat running a-ground, or
tring ſome obſtacle, did ſtop, and that you with the other
gers being taken on a ſudden, were with danger over-ſet. It
would be neceſſary that the Terreſtrial Globe ſhould meet with
ſome rub that might arreſt it, for I aſſure you, that then you
would diſcern the impulſe reſiding in you, when it ſhould toſs you
up towards the Stars. It's true, that by the other ſenſes, but yet
aſſiſted by Reaſon, you may perceive the motion of the boat, that
is, with the ſight, in that you ſee the trees and buildings placed on
the ſhoar, which being ſeparated from the boat, ſeem to move the
contrary way. But if you would by ſuch an experiment receive
intire ſatisfaction in this buſineſs of the Terreſtrial motion, look
on the ſtars, which upon this reaſon ſeem to move the contrary
way. As to the wondering that we ſhould not feel ſuch a
ciple, ſuppoſing it to be internal, is a leſs reaſonable conceit; for
if we do not feel ſuch a one, that cometh to us from without,
and that frequently goeth away, with what reaſon can we expect
to feel it, if it immutably and continually reſides in us? Now let
us ſee what you have farther to allege on this argument.
on this, that whether the principle by which we move round with
the Earth be either extern, or intern, yet however we muſt
ceive it, and not perceiving it, it is neither the one nor the other,
and therefore we move not, nor conſequently the Earth. Now I
ſay, that it may be both ways, and yet we not perceive the ſame.
And that it may be external, the experiment of the boat
bundantly ſatisſieth me; I ſay, ſuperabundantly, becauſe it being
in our power at all times to make it move, and alſo to make it
ſtand ſtill, and with great exactneſs to make obſervation, whether
by ſome diverſity that may be comprehended by the ſenſe of
ing, we can come to know whether it moveth or no, ſeeing that
as yet no ſuch ſcience is obtained: Will it then be any matter of
wonder, if the ſame accident is unknown to us on the Earth, the
which may have carried us about perpetually, and we, without our
being ever able to experiment its reſt? You, Simplicius, as I
lieve, have gone by boat many times to Padoua, and if you will
confeſs the truth, you never felt in your ſelf the participation of
that motion, unleſs when the boat running a-ground, or
tring ſome obſtacle, did ſtop, and that you with the other
gers being taken on a ſudden, were with danger over-ſet. It
would be neceſſary that the Terreſtrial Globe ſhould meet with
ſome rub that might arreſt it, for I aſſure you, that then you
would diſcern the impulſe reſiding in you, when it ſhould toſs you
up towards the Stars. It's true, that by the other ſenſes, but yet
aſſiſted by Reaſon, you may perceive the motion of the boat, that
is, with the ſight, in that you ſee the trees and buildings placed on
the ſhoar, which being ſeparated from the boat, ſeem to move the
contrary way. But if you would by ſuch an experiment receive
intire ſatisfaction in this buſineſs of the Terreſtrial motion, look
on the ſtars, which upon this reaſon ſeem to move the contrary
way. As to the wondering that we ſhould not feel ſuch a
ciple, ſuppoſing it to be internal, is a leſs reaſonable conceit; for
if we do not feel ſuch a one, that cometh to us from without,
and that frequently goeth away, with what reaſon can we expect
to feel it, if it immutably and continually reſides in us? Now let
us ſee what you have farther to allege on this argument.
Our motion may
be either interne or
externe, and yet
we never perceive
or feel it.
be either interne or
externe, and yet
we never perceive
or feel it.
The motion of a
Boat inſenſible to
thoſe that are with
in it, as to the ſenſe
of feeling.
Boat inſenſible to
thoſe that are with
in it, as to the ſenſe
of feeling.
The boats
on is perceptible to
the ſight joyn'd
with reaſon.
on is perceptible to
the ſight joyn'd
with reaſon.
The terreſtrial
motion collected
from the ſtars.
motion collected
from the ſtars.
SIMP. Take this ſhort exclamation. Ex hac itaque opinione
neceſſe est diffidere noſtris ſenſibus, ut penitùs fall acibus vel ſtupidis
in ſenſilibus, etiam conjunctiſſimis, dijudicandis. Quam ergò
ritatem ſperare poſſumus à facultate adeò fallaci ortum trabentem?
[Which I render thus:] From this opinion likewiſe, we muſt of
neceſſe est diffidere noſtris ſenſibus, ut penitùs fall acibus vel ſtupidis
in ſenſilibus, etiam conjunctiſſimis, dijudicandis. Quam ergò
ritatem ſperare poſſumus à facultate adeò fallaci ortum trabentem?
[Which I render thus:] From this opinion likewiſe, we muſt of