Alberti, Leone Battista, Architecture, 1755

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              <s>THE
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              ARCHITECTURE
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              OF
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              Leone Batiſta Alberti.
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              <s>BOOK IV. CHAP. I.</s>
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              Of Works of a publick Nature. </s>
              <s>That all Buildings, whether contrived for
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              Neceſſity, Conveniency or Pleaſure, were intended for the Service of Man­
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              kind. </s>
              <s>Of the ſeveral Diviſions of humane Conditions, whence ariſes the
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              Diverſity of Buildings.
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              <s>It is plain that Building was in­
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              vented for the Service of Man­
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              kind; for if we conſider the
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              Matter ever ſo little, it is natural
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              to ſuppoſe that their firſt Deſign
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              was only to raiſe a Structure that might de­
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              fend them and theirs from the ill Qualities of
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              the Weather; afterwards they proceeded to
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              make not only every Thing that was ne­
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              ceſſary to their Safety, but alſo every Thing
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              that might be convenient or uſeful to them.
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              <s>At laſt, inſtructed and allured by the Oppor­
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              tunities that naturally offer'd themſelves, they
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              began to contrive how to make their Build­
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              ings ſubſervient to their Pleaſures and Recre­
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              adons, and proceeded every Day further and
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              further in ſo doing: So that if upon conſider­
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              ing the various Sorts of Buildings, we
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              ſhould ſay, that ſome were contrived by Ne­
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              ceſſity, ſome by Convenience, and ſome by
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              Pleaſure, it might, perhaps, be no ill Defini­
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              tion of the Matter. </s>
              <s>Yet when we take a View
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              of the great Plenty and Variety of Buildings
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              all about us, we eaſily perceive that all were
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              not erected merely upon thoſe Accounts, or
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              for one Occaſion more than another, but that
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              this great Variety and Difference among them,
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              are owing principally to the Variety there is
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              among Mankind. </s>
              <s>So that, if according to
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              our Method we would make a careful Enquiry
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              into their Sorts and Parts, it is here that we
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              muſt begin our Diſquiſition, namely, from the
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              Nature of Mankind, and wherein they differ
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              from one another; ſince upon their Account
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              it is that Buildings are erected, and for their
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              Uſes varied: So that having thoroughly con­
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              ſidered theſe Things, we may treat of them
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              more clearly. </s>
              <s>For this Purpoſe, it will not
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              be amiſs to recollect the Opinions of the wiſe
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              Founders of ancient Republicks and Laws con­</s>
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