Foscarini, Paolo Antonio, An epistle to fantoni, 1661

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              ſed amongſt the unlearned, and according to the appearance of
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              things, and not according to their true Exiſtence. </s>
              <s>In like man­
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              ner
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              Geneſ.
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              1. in the deſcription of the Creation of all things,
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              the Light is ſaid to be made firſt of all, and yet it followeth in
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              the Text,
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              And the Evening and the Morning made the firſt day
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              :
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              and a little after the ſeveral Acts of the Creation are diſtinguiſhed
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              and aſſigned to ſeveral days, and concerning each of them it is
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              ſaid in the Text,
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              And the Evening and the Morning made the
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              ſecond day
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              ; and then
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              the third day, the fourth day, &c.
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              Hence
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              many doubts ariſe, all which I ſhall propound according to the
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              common Syſteme, that it may appear even from the
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              ypotheſis
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              of that Syſteme, that the ſacred Scripture ſometimes, for the a­
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              voyding of emergent difficulties, is to be underſtood in a vulgar
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              ſenſe and meaning, and in reſpect of us, and not according to
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              the nature of things. </s>
              <s>Which diſtinction even
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              Ariſtotle
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              himſelf
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              ſeemeth to have hinted, when he ſaith, ^{*}
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              Some things are more
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              intelligible to us; others by nature,
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              or
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              ſecundum ſe.
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              * Circa Cardi­
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              nes Cœli.</s>
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              Luke 16.</s>
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              Alia ſunt notio­
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              ra nobis, alia, no­
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              tiora natura, vel
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              ſecundum ſe,
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              A­
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              r ſt. </s>
              <s>lib. 1. Phyſ.
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              <s>Firſt therefore; If the light were made before heaven, then
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              it rolled about without heaven to the making of the diſtinction
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              of Day and Night. </s>
              <s>Now this is contrary to the very doctrine
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              of theſe men, who affirm that no Cœleſtial Body can be moved
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              unleſſe
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              per accidens,
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              and by the motion of
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              eaven,
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              and as a knot
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              in a board at the motion of the board.
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              Again, if it be ſaid, that
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              the Light was created at the ſame time with
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              eaven, and began
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              to be moved with
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              eaven, another doubt ariſeth, that likewiſe
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              oppoſeth the foreſaid common
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              Hypotheſis:
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              For it being ſaid,
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              that Day and Night, Morning and Evening were made, that ſame
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              is either in reſpect of the Univerſe, or onely in reſpect of the
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              Earth and us. </s>
              <s>If ſo be that the Sun turning round (according to
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              the
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              Hypotheſis
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              of the Common Syſteme) doth not cauſe the
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              Night and Day, but only to opacous Bodies which are deſtitute
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              of all other light, but that of the Sun, whilſt in their half part
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              (which is their
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              Hemiſphœre)
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              and no more, (for that the Suns
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              light paſſeth over but one half of an opacous Body, unleſs a ve­
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              ry ſmall matter more in thoſe of leſſer bulk) they are illumina­
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              ted by the Suns aſpect, the other half remaining dark and tene­
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              broſe, by reaſon of a ſhadow proceeding from its own Body.
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              <s>Therefore the diſtinction of dayes by the light of heaven, ac­
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              cording to the deſcription of them in the ſacred Scriptures, muſt
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              not be underſtood
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              abſolutely,
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              and
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              ſecundum ſe,
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              and
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              Nature her
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              ſelf
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              ; but in reſpect of the Earth, and of us its inhabitants, and
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              conſequently
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              ſecundum nos.
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              'Tis not therefore new, nor unu­
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              ſual in ſacred Scripture to ſpeak of things
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              ſecundum nos,
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              and on­
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              ly
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              in reſpect of us,
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              and
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              ſecundum apparentiam
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              ; but not
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              ſecundum
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              ſe,
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              and
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              reinaturam,
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              or
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              Abſolutely
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              and
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              Simply.
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