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P H I L O S O P H A E
Sed minus in fpatium nulla cogenda tamen v i ;
Ille poteft etiam tali ratione putare
Aurumque , & gemmas, atque omnia corpora vulgo,
Effe quidem vel adhuc longe mage praedita raro,
Quantum collibeat nimirum, molis adau&u,
Pollucente latis fpatii ut fic corpore inanis,
Undique qua radii pofiint tranfire meantes;
Nam "lucis radius dirc&as tramitis oras
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Undique percurrit, vel, cum deducitur illinc
V i quavis, alio , fed recto tramite pergit
Corpora trans denfa & pellucida, trans adamantem»
Trans v itra , atque undas, nec non diftantibus itur
Sic fpatiis : apti afl adeunti hac corpora luci
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Qua ratione aditus conflent, & progredienti
Apta via , haud facile eft comprendcre ; non tamen omnis
Eft ratio prxclufa, queat qus pandere verum .
Ut fuper oftenfum e ft, de certa particularum
Mole fuus rebus color advenit; inter cafdem
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Jam fi particulas recipi intervalla viarum
Tanta putes, vacua ut conflent fpatia aqua repletis,
Dcin*
L e-S a gt
, d ecup lam ra tio n em ad
h ib e t , unde ftatim h a b e t u r
,
1 0 ,
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a utem co a rg u m e n to e g re g ie u ti
tur ad o fte n d en d u m c o h x fio n e m
defurni poffc a b ipfa ead em ca u
fa gra v ita tis generalis con tra id ,
q u o d N c v v t o n u s c r e d id e r a t ,
Sc
P h yfici fere om n es. A t t r a & io g lo
b o ru m , q u am ii exercent in r m n -
<fta
p olita
in c o iu m fuperficic ,
c fi q u id em in ratiqnc d iam e tro
rum g lo b o r u m ip fo ru m ,
fi ii
fint
x q u e denu , &
co
pa-
Ito
vis p a rticu lx in particulam
effet in im m e n fu m m in o r vi g r a
vitatis , q u am e xp e rim u r h ic a -
p u d nos o r t x ab a ttr a & io n c T c r -
i x , a d eo q u e inepta ad e x h ib e n
da p h x n o m c n a cohseflonis ca i-
pfa gra v ita te u fq u e adeo fo r tio
ris : at (i denfitas (It d iverfa ,
vis ipfa c fi fim ul in ratione d i-
r c f ta denfitatis , q u x cum p o f
fit effe m ajo r in particulis pri
m ige n iis , vel p r io ru m o rd in u m
in ration e m u lto m a j o r e , q u am
fit m in o r earum d iam e te r refp e-
& u diam etri T c r r x , poteft uti
q u e c a ru m attra<ftio m u tu a cf-
Ic in im m e n fu m m ajo r , q u am
vis gra v ita tis in T e r r a m ,
H x c ille , q u i licet particulas
c o rp o ru m p rim igen ia s velit fo-
lidas , & o m n ia p h x n o m c n a per
im p a & u m im m e d iatu m haberi in
n a t u r a , adhuc tam en v u l t o m o i -
n o m ateriam m in o re m
in im
m e n fu m fpatio v acu o . A t in m ea
th eo ria , de q u a a gitu r lib. i o ,
p u n & o r u m in aivifibilium , & in -
excen fo rurn , ratio
m a te rix ad
fp a tiu m eft infinities m in o r , uc
fit in in fin itum im probabilis q u i
vis incurfus unius p u n & i m ate
r ix cujusvis in u n um q u o d v is
q u o vis u tcum q ue lo n g o te m p o re ,
Q u a m o b r e m in ea e ft m u lto fa
c ilio r captu lib er ille lu m in is
tranfitus trans o m n ia co rp o ra .
