Galilei, Galileo, The systems of the world, 1661

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              contrary, I commend the reading, and diligently ſtudying of him;
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              and onely blame the ſervile giving ones ſelf up a ſlave unto him,
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              ſo, as blindly to ſubſcribe to what ever he delivers, and without
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              ſearch of any farther reaſon thereof, to receive the ſame for an
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              violable decree. </s>
              <s>Which is an abuſe, that carrieth with it
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              ther great inconvenience, to wit, that others will no longer take
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              pains to underſtand the validity of his Demonſtrations. </s>
              <s>And
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              what is more ſhameful, than in the middeſt of publique diſputes,
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              whileſt one perſon is treating of demonſtrable concluſions, to
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              hear aother interpoſe with a paſſage of
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              Ariſtotle,
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              and not
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              dome writ to quite another purpoſe, and with that to ſtop the
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              mouth of his opponent? </s>
              <s>But if you will continue to ſtudy in this
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              manner, I would have you lay aſide the name of Philoſophers;
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              and call your ſelves either Hiſtorians or Doctors of Memory, for
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              it is not ſit, that thoſe who never philoſophate, ſhould uſurp
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              the honourable title of Philoſophers. </s>
              <s>But it is beſt for us to
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              turn to ſhore, and not lanch farther into a boundleſſe Gulph, out
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              of which we ſhall not be able to get before night. </s>
              <s>Therefore
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              Simplicius,
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              come either with arguments and demonſtrations of
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              your own, or of
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              Ariſtotle,
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              and bring us no more Texts and
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              ked authorities, for our diſputes are about the Senſible World,
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              and not one of Paper. </s>
              <s>And foraſmuch as in our diſcourſes
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              day, we retrein'd the Earth from darkneſſe, and expoſed it to the
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              open skie, ſhewing, that the attempt to enumerate it amongſt
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              thoſe which we call Cœleſtial bodies, was not a poſition ſo foil'd,
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              and vanquiſh't, as that it had no life left in it; it followeth next,
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              that we proceed to examine what probability there is for holding
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              of it fixt, and wholly immoveable,
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              ſcilicet
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              as to its entire Globe,
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              what likelyhood there is for making it moveable with ſome motion,
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              and of what kind that may be. </s>
              <s>And foraſmuch as in this ſame
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              queſtion I am ambiguous, and
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              Simplicius
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              is reſolute, as likewiſe
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              Ariſtotle
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              for the opinion of its immobility, he ſhall one by one
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              produce the arguments in favour of their opinion, and I will
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              ledge the anſwers and reaſons on the contrary part; and next
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              gredus
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              ſhall tell us his thoughts, and to which ſide he finds
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              ſelf inclined.</s>
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              Too cloſe
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              ring to
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              Ariſtotle
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              is
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              blameable.
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              It is not juſt, that
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              thoſe who never
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              philoſophate, ſhould
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              uſurp the title of
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              Philoſophers.
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              The Senſible
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              World.
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              <s>SAGR. Content; provided alwayes that I may reſerve the
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              berty to my ſelf of alledging what pure natural reaſon ſhall
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              times dictate to me.</s>
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              <s>SALV. </s>
              <s>Nay more, it is that which I particularly beg of you;
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              for, amongſt the more eaſie, and, to ſo ſpeak, material
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              tions, I believe there are but few of them that have been
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              ted by Writers, ſo that onely ſome of the more ſubtle, and
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              mote can be deſired, or wanting; and to inveſtigate theſe, what
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              other ingenuity can be more ſit than that of the moſt acute and
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              piercing wit of
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              Sagredus
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              ?</s>
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