Buonamici, Francesco, De motu libri X

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              ſed infinitum, vt quòd ſine digitis homo oriatur. </s>
              <s>Hęc verò ſunt præter naturam ſimpliciter, & ad
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              monſtra referuntur. </s>
              <s>Neque verò illud monſtrum eſt, quòd mulus non propaget, & talpa non
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              cernat. </s>
              <s>ſemper enim ſic euenit, aut plurimum; & ſecundum naturam igitur. </s>
              <s>Sed quòd hic ſine
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              oculis, aut digitis oriatur, infrequens eſt: itaque præter naturam. </s>
              <s>Cęterùm de hiſce differentiis
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              pluribus poſteà diſſeretur. </s>
              <s>At verò ſi non abundat natura, neque deficit; certè complebit om­
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              nia quæcunque aggredietur, vt omnibus ſuis numeris & partibus abſoluta ſint quæ quidem pro
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              cuiuſque rei ratione deſiderantur. </s>
              <s>Nil igitur erit in natura (niſi quæ vis obſtitit) imperfectum;
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              quando ad extremum ſui motus natura peruenerit. </s>
              <s>Neque ſolùm; quia naturæ mouentis offi­
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              cia non amplius flagiter: verùm etiam, quod in eo genere ſummum ſit & extremum quo natura
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              queat aſpirare. </s>
              <s>Et verò vt negari non poteſt, in omni rerum inſtitutione eſſe aliquid extremum,
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              atque perfectum, pictura enim & fabrica
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              . </s>
              <s>artes habent quendam abſoluti operis
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              :
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              ſic in vite & homine dandum eſt naturam ſuo quodam itinere peruenire ad extremum quod in
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              eo genere ſit præſtantiſsimum, atque illud eſt, vt ſuo quæque res munere fungatur, veluti quòd
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              plantæ fructum ferant, & animalia conſimile generare poſsint. </s>
              <s>Quocirca neque etiam videtur
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              aggredi id quod ſe adepturam non ſperat, cùm perpetuò contendat in finem, quo impoſito tum
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              res abſoluta eſt: hic ſi tollatur, iam non habebit natura quo properet. </s>
              <s>ecquid igitur cauſſæ, cur
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              mouere incipiat? </s>
              <s>ſemper enim malè habebit & fruſtra laborabit. </s>
              <s>præſtat ergo quieſcere. </s>
              <s>Verun­
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              tamen, cùm ex artibus aliquæ
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              imitentur, vt pictura,
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                <expan abbr="ſuppleãt">ſuppleant</expan>
              & perficiant ea, quę
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              natura non poteſt, vt chirurgica, neque enim natura poteſt os luxatum componere; ſic
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              in agricultura
                <foreign lang="grc">ὑπηρετεῖ τῇ φύσει</foreign>
              , vt inſitione & ſtercoratione
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              a
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              non igitur (dicet quiſpiam)
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              natura cuncta perficiet, quæ natura exiſtunt. </s>
              <s>Niſi dicamus artem ſic perficere ea, quæ ſunt na­
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              tura, quatenus ſine illius ope natura non poſſet opera ſua pręſtare; quaſi ars in operis partem ac­
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              cipiatur, quandò non ſubminiſtrat ars agendi patiendiúe facultatem rebus naturalibus: ſed ap­
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              plicat agentia ad patientia, & è medio tollit impedimenta. </s>
              <s>his expeditis, natura tum per ſe ip­
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              ſam operatur, vt oſſa conglutinat. </s>
              <s>Itaque medicina
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              . </s>
              <s>artes naturæ miniſtræ dicuntur.
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              <s>Quinimmo, ſi rem ipſam diligentius obſerues, natura perficit ea quæ fiunt ab arte. </s>
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              b
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              Ecce ſerit
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              agricola, is vere pluuiam exoptat quę promoueat ſegetes, & ſolem, qui ęſtate maturet; atque ita
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              ſementem accommodat ad anni tempeſtates, vt cum frugum profectu congruant. </s>
              <s>Aedificator
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              etiam faſtigium conficit fornicatum, quia lapides nutu
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              . </s>
              <s>proprio pręgrauantes, conten­
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              dendo ad centrum, & ſeſe viciſsim comprimendo, redduntur immobiles. </s>
              <s>Itaque iam hic ars
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              perfectis vtitur; ſed quoniam aptat ad vſus humanos; etiam perficere perhibetur. </s>
              <s>Ergo ſimpli­
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              citer perfectio proficiſcitur à natura quam ita perſequitur, vt ab eo progreſſu ne digito quidem
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              recedat. </s>
              <s>Itaque ars etiam naturæ motibus obſequitur & hunc illi opponit, vt vim naturæ ſupe­
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              rantis reprimens
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              c
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              varios & multiplices vſus exhibere poſsit. </s>
              <s>At verò perfectionem præſtat na­
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              tura, quòd vnaquæque res naturalis ſic agit; quia ſic natura comparata eſt. </s>
              <s>Et (ni prorſus fallor)
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              aliter ſe res habet atque in cęteris, quorum vſus aliquis eſſe ſolet. </s>
              <s>Siquidem alia ſunt huiuſmo­
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              di, vt ijs vtamur; at nos iſtis vtimur quia ſunt huiuſmodi: exempli gratia, ſic frenum eſt compa­
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              ratum, vt eques illo vtatur. </s>
              <s>at id fabricatur ex ferro, quia ferrum tale eſt, vt eo poſsit vti in illo
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              officio pręſtando. </s>
              <s>Quapropter opinor in iis quę ſtruuntur, vt cæteris vſui ſint, quarum artium
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              vſus eſt proprius, eas eſſe præferendas: ſic in cæteris vbi vſus ſit, quia ſint huiuſmodi rem aliter
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              ſe habere puto, nimirum cedere illam, quæ vtatur. </s>
              <s>aut ita diſtingueres ex vſu fieri bonas; aut
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              quòd iis vtamur; quia bonæ ſunt eæ quidem vtente ſunt imperfectiores, has etiam antecellere
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              vtenti non inconuenit. </s>
              <s>Ita ſit, vt naturam ſemper arti pręponam; aut ſiquid ſuperioris
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              in vſu rerum naturalium, id ego hominem faciam, qui & ipſe eſt præſtantiſsima natura, cui om­
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              nia quodammodo nata eſſe docent philoſophi
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              de qua re aliàs. </s>
              <s>Sed redeamus ad naturam. </s>
              <s>Ea
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              ſanè quemadmodum antè monuimus, eundem tenorem perpetuò ſeruat, quippe quæ ſimplex
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              ſit, nec varios vſus reſpiciat, ſed id ſolummodo, quod ſuum ipſius proprium eſt. </s>
              <s>Itaque ſem­
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              per ignis aſcendit, & vbi in ſuperiorem locum peruenerit, ibi quoque manet ſuapte natura: ter­
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              ra item deſcendit ad centrum in quo perpetuò quieſceret, niſi obſtatet cauſſa violans. </s>
              <s>ac ſi ſecus
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              eueniat, externa aliqua cauſſa poteſt aſsignari varietatis illius,
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              enim id iam amplius eſt pro
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              ratione naturæ, vt ſi terra maneat in loco ſuperiore, aut è loco ſuo moueatur: & cauſſa reddi
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              poteſt, cur deſcendat nunc, mox autem quieſcat. </s>
              <s>illud enim eſt naturæ imperfectæ, quę ad per­
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              fectionem tendit, hoc iam eius quę perfectionem ſuam conſecuta fuerit. </s>
              <s>Semper ergo ſui ſimi­
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              lis eſt ipſa natura, vt etiam de conſimilibus idem iudicium non abſurdè fiat, aut item afferenda
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              ratio, cur ordo ille fuerit immutatus; vt puta ſi ratio perſuadet ex aſtris vnum eſſe rotundum,
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              quoque iudicium de cęteris ferre oportebit, aut diſcriminis ratio reddenda. </s>
              <s>Sic cùm commune
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              ſit compluribus animalibus habere cor, & in quibuſdam, vt in auibus obſeruemus, ipſum primò
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              produci eodem modo de cęteris iudicabimus: niſi cauſſa ſuccurrat, cur in re conſimili diuerſum
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              inſtitutum natura tenuerit. </s>
              <s>ac niſi ratio ſubueniat pertinacis omnino animi ſit id quod conſtat </s>
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