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p h i l o s o p h i a
Prasfcrtim fentimus, ca intus cundta genantur
Fibrarum impulfu diverfo fenfifcrarum ,
Qui vario tantum a motu, variaque figura
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Extra corporibus de cundtis poffit o riri,
Unde colorata; yaric
fin t, & odora;,
Et lapidee, dur^que , & molles, atque fonorac •
Ilis facile adverfam rationem evertere poffis.
Verum 1ut perfpicias multo dare certius iliis
ppo
Na-
Id a utem u t o f l c n d a t , in cip it
a b co , q u o d omnino*' c o n f l e t ,
d iferim in a p l u r i m a , ct m a x im a
o riri in n a tu ra a d ivcrfa com b i-
n a tio n c p r in c ip io r u m , quae line
n u m e ro e x i g u o , Sc p r im u m q u i
dem exem p lum defum it a tam di-<
verfis fcn fu um n o llr o ru m a ffc & io .
n ib u s , qua; q uidem o riu n tu r o m
nes a diverfis celeritatibus , Sc di-
rcd lion ibus m o tu u m , q u o s iu
libras n o ltro rum fcn fu u m im p ri
m u n t objcdla q u in o ru m fcn su u .n ,
elegan ter fane .
u n d e colora u va n e res fu n t
,
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odore,
,
Et sapide
,
durique
,
&m olles
,
atque fanor e
.
En a rg u m e n ti v im .T dex o m n e s,,
q u x in a n im a e x c ita n t u r per fen-
fa tio n es , vefpondcnt diverfis m p-
t ib u s , q u x libris im p r im u n t u r .
M o tu s aivcrfi fib rarum rcfp o n -
dent m otibu s particu larum corp o
ru m im p ellen tium . Q u a r e totum
id diferim en, quod nos in N atu ra;
operibus tam diverfis d ep reh en d i
m us,ct i11'quo fita eft vis om nis a r.
g u m e n ti L e ib n izia n o ru m , reduci
tur ad folum diferimen inter rao-
tu m ,q u o illx ipsae e o rum particulae
im pellunt n o ltro rqm o rg a n o ru m
fibras Igitu r eft potius verofim ile,
inter i:la ipfa o p e ra n ullum h abe
ri aliud d is c r im e n , nifi in i i s ,
q u x pertinent ad c ju fm o d i m o
tu m , in f i g u r a , m a g n it u d in e ,
celeritate, d ircflio n c m o t u s , qui
bus addi poffiint vires p iu tu x
agentes aliter in diverfis diftantiis
Sc p o litio n ib u s . Si .aliud d iferim en
h a o e tu r inter elem en ta illo ru m
o p e ru m 5 id n o n pertin et ad n o -
ftram c o g n itio n e m per fen fu s h a
b ita m : a ifc rfm c n nobis c o g n itu m
rcd ucicur ad d iv e rfam m a g n itu d i
n em , Sc fo r m a m , q u x c o n v e
n iu n t m a te rix etiam h o r q o g e n c x ,
uti ex auro prorfus h o m o g e n e q
to t adeo d ivcrfa vafa efForm ari
p o l i u n t , ac ad m o tu u m , Sc vi
riu m d ife rim e n , q u x p o liu n t c o n
ven ire elem entis prorfus firnili-
b u s , fed d ive rfo m od o collocatis .
Jam falcem hic in ge n tia illa dis
crim in a rcdadla fu n t ad p rin cip ia
adm o d u m pauca .
1 P ro gre d itur jam ad a rg u m e n
tum pofitivum validius
N o n fo
lum a diligen ti o b fe rv atio n e op e
rum n a tu r x n on d e d u cim u r ad
excludenda fim ilia , fed p otius ca
n obis c o n tra riu m suadent . Satis
eft illud perpendere , q u a n tu m c a
v id e a tur adnici ad o b tin e n d a m fi-
m ilicudinem . H u n c n ifu m in (I-
m ilitu d in c q u x r c n d a hic N o ft c r
ele ga n ti e n um e ra tio n e p o n it, o b
o cu lo s , pro feren s fo rm a s co n
flantes o rg a n ic o ru m co rp o ru m
p o tifiim um in re gn o v e g e r a b ili,
Se anim ali , Sc in guttis a q u x : a d
dit deinde Sc in re gn o m inerali fo r
m as itidem c o n ft a n t e s , in p rim is
cryfta llq rq m . In iis om n ib u s o b -
fe rv an tu r utique, eciam d ife rim i-
n a ; at q u am e x ig u a ca sun t rc-
spcSlu con flan tis fim ilitudinis ,
q u am in iplis N a tu r a m a n ife fto
a fF c S la t
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