Buonamici, Francesco, De motu libri X

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              Quo cauſſarum genere, & quatenus vtatur Philoſophus naturalis. </s>
              <s>Cap. </s>
              <s>XIIII
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              E</s>
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              <s>METHODVS naturalis ad contemplationem dirigitur, & numeratur in ſcientiis. </s>
              <s>Scire
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              autem eſt noſce quid, & quale ſit genus ſubiectum per proprias cauſſas, principia & ele­
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              menta quæ ſcilicet in ſubiecto, per ſe & quatenus ipſum inſint, quod cùm certum genus
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                tumque</expan>
              ſit, accerta ratione informatum, certas quoque proprietates
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              . </s>
              <s>cauſſas admittit.
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              <s>Porrò cauſſarum genera multa ſunt,
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              . </s>
              <s>eiuſdem generis cauſſæ
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              varietate contingit,
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              vt variis modis afficiantur ad ſcientias: neque omnes pariter, aut omnia cauſſarum genera per­
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              quirant, aut eiuſdem generis omnibus vtantur. </s>
              <s>Itaque ad conſtituenda phyſiologiæ fundamen­
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              ta de hac re nobis item in hac methodo tractandum eſt. </s>
              <s>Quia verò ab eiuſdem generis ſubiecti
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              principiis cùm demonſtratio, tùm definitio ducuntur, ad omnem quoque notitiam quouis inſtru­
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              mento comparetur, inſtituta quæſtio pertinebit, & principia non cognitionis, vt aliquibus place­
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              re video; ſed rei ipſius attinget quæ idem valent àc cauſſæ quarum quatuor ſpecies ſunt omni­
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              bus conſpicuæ, ex quo vt materia, per quod vt forma, à quo vt efficiens, cuius gratia vt finis, ta­
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              metſi veteres, cùm materiam ſolam, vt cauſſam agnoſcerent, aut ſi prætereà cauſſam mouentem
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              obſeruarent, velut Empedocles & Anaxagoras; quia tamen vel eam non vſurparent in reddenda
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              ratione problematum naturalium, niſi fortè cur ita fieret à materia non ſuppeteret,
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              a
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              vel vt fieri
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              ſolet in iis quæ ſunt ad vnum, vt res à notiore nuncupetur; quia materia quam elementum pro­
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              priè vocant, notior eſſet, eodem quoque nomine reliquas cauſſas ſignificari voluerint. </s>
              <s>Itaque
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              diſcordia illa Empedoclea quam ſine controuerſia cauſſam efficientem ponimus ab Ariſtotele
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              ipſo elementi nomine vocata eſt; de elemento, quòd primo ſignificat materiam, non principio,
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              aut cauſſa mentionem facerent. </s>
              <s>Quicquid igitur ſit & quomodocunque vocetur, ſeu
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              ,
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              ſiue cauſſa, ſiue elementum, cùm ſcientia quæque ex notitia principiorum, ſeu cauſſarum, ſiue ele­
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              mentorum oriatur; à nobis diſſerendum eſt, an omnia cauſſarum genera phyſicus aſſumat, &
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              omnes cauſſas ex omni genere accipiat à prima vſque ad vltimam. </s>
              <s>Neque enim ſolùm cauſſæ
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              genere diſcrepant, ſed in eodem genere aliqua propinquior eſt, alia remotior, vt animalis mate­
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              ria proxima ſunt partes difformes, remotior vniformes, remotiſsima quatuor elementa, & ratio
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              forma hominis proxima, remotior anima: per omnes verò reſpondere liceat interrogatis cur &
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              quid aliquid ſit, vt ſigillatim vnaquæque cauſſa docet, cur & quid ſit: ita dubitari poteſt, an ad
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              abſolutam rei cuiuſque ſcientiam omnes ſimul aſſumere oporteat, ſiue genere, ſiue etiam ordine
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              diſtinguantur. </s>
              <s>Et omnes ſimul accipiendas eſſe monet Ariſtoteles, dum inuehitur in
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              ,
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              & Democritum, qui principia rerum naturalium infinita poſuerunt; quòd ex omnibus cauſsis
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              ſcientia conſtat, ex quibus res ſcienda conſtituta eſt, quæ ſi infinitæ forent, nullo modo concipi
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              poſſent. </s>
              <s>Si igitur non ex omnibus cauſsis ex quibus res ſcienda conflatur, ſcientia fieret; etiam ſi
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              principia forent infinita, contingeret vt haberemus ſcientiam; nanque aliqua ſolùm ex infinitis
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              ſufficerent ex quibus efficeretur ſcientia. </s>
              <s>Prætereà docuit Ariſtoteles ab exemplo finis à prima
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              vſque ad ſupremam cauſſam eſſe procedendum; eſt verò illa ſuprema qua allata nihil amplius
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              inquiritur, vt cur indutus eſt pallio? </s>
              <s>vt prodeat in forum. </s>
              <s>cur hoc? </s>
              <s>vt offendat amicum. </s>
              <s>cur item
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              iſtud? </s>
              <s>vt ſoluat debitum. </s>
              <s>Contrà verò neque omnia quæ ſciri poſſunt, omnia cauſſarum genera
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              flagitant: neque item omnes à prima vſque ad vltimam accipi queunt. </s>
              <s>etenim ſi ex eodem gene­
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              re omnes aſſumendæ ſint, in infinitum progredi cogemur, quod plurimum abhorret à ſcientia:
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              ſiquidem vt ſit Franciſcus infinita præcedant indiuidua quæ niſi extitiſſent, neque hoc exiſtere
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              poſſet. </s>
              <s>Et cùm res quæ ſub ſcientiam cadunt, ſint æternæ, vel mortales, & ex his quædam ſubſtan­
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              tiæ, nonnullæ accidentia: planum ſit æterna carere efficiente naturali, quia non eſt ibi principium
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              motus quo definitur efficiens: accidentia verò forma: quandò nulla eſt qualitatis qualitas,
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              b
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              &
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              ex accidentibus complura fine vacare, quippe quæ ex materiæ neceſsitate ſuboriantur. </s>
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                <expan abbr="eaq́">eaque</expan>
              . </s>
              <s>
                <expan abbr="libẽ-ter">liben­
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                ter</expan>
              , ſi poſſet, natura reſpueret; ex hoc genere mors eſt in brutis, & ærugo in ære; ſed tantum bo­
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              num non ſine iſto paruo malo habendum eſt. </s>
              <s>Itaque cùm varia rerum genera ſint, nec omnia
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              cauſſas omnes admittant,
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              . </s>
              <s>rerum ex propriis ipſarum principiis ſingulæ ſcientiæ ſint
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              ſpectatrices; profectò neque omnes ſcientiæ per omnes cauſſas vnamquanque rem edocebunt,
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              neque poterunt, etiam ſi contendant:
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              minus id præſtabunt ſingulæ demonſtrationes,
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              aut definitiones. </s>
              <s>Verumenimuerò cùm id in non omnes cauſſas accipientibus, nullam habeat
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                trouerſiam</expan>
              , neque in ſcientiis illis quæ non omnes cauſſas obſeruant, quales mathematicas eſſe
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              poſuimus in quibus nulla neque efficientis, neque boni ratio ſolet haberi. </s>
              <s>At ſtatuatur aliquid
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              omnes cauſſas habens ex omni ſcilicet genere ab imis vſque ad ſummas, an'ne demonſtrationes
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              eiuſmodi conſtrui poterunt quę omnes illas cauſſas complectantur, & erit'ne aliqua ſcientia quę
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              tale demonſtrationum genus vſurpare queat? </s>
              <s>Hìc dici conſueuit. </s>
              <s>Scire ſimpliciter accipi tribus
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              modis. </s>
              <s>etenim dicitur vbi quæque res per omnem rationem noteſcit, & ſub omni notione expli­
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              catur, qua concipi poteſt, vt homo quà ens, quà ſubſtantia naturalis, quà magnitudine preditus, </s>
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