Paulatimquc ingens fonitus vanescit in auris :
Atque gravis lapidis paulatim mobilitas fe
Auget, vel carpit, dum defiiit ille , fa litve .
1350
Sic quoque quid poffit loca commutare remota ,
Quin loca progreifii convifat continuato
Intercepta ?quid & diftantia fxcula jungat
Durancfo , mediis fuerit quin omnibus annis ?
Quo vertas te cumque, £enus permulta videbis 1355
Hoc exempla, ratamque vigere per omnia legem .
Quin & fi noftros recti pravique potentes
Con-
L I B E R D E C I M U S -
415
E o d em a u te m p a fto id em d eb et
accidere e tiam in te m p o re , ut
n im irum in ter tem pus c o n tin u u m
praecedens & c o n tin u u m fu b fe -
quen s u n icum Jiab catu r m o m e n
tum , q u o d fic in d iyifibilis te rm i
nus u triu fq u c j n ec d u o m o m e n ta
con tigu a efTc p o f f i n t , fed inter
quodvis m o m e n t u m , & aliud m o
m entum d e b e a t in terced ere fem
p er c o n tin u u m
a liq u o d te m
pus divifibile in in fin itu m . £ t eo
dem pjufto in q u a v is q u an titate ,
q u a e . c o n tin u o te m p o r e d u r e t ,
haberi d eb et feries cju xd an i m a
gn itu d in u m e ju fm o d i, u t m o m e n
to temporis c u iv is r c fp o n d e a t fu a ,
q u x praecedentem c u m c o n fe q u c n -
tc c o n j u n g a t , & a b illa p e r a li
q u am d e te rm in a ta m m a g n it u d i
n em d iffe r a t . Q u i n im m o in illo
q u a n tita tu m g e n e re , in q u o b in x
m agn itu d in es fim ul h a b e ri n o n
p o tiu n t, id ipfum . m u lt o evid en
tius co n fic itu r, nerrv ) n u llu m h a
b e r i pofic fa ltu m £ m ed ia tum ab
u n a ad alteram .
i
a m illo m o
m e n to te m p o ris , q u o d eberet fal-
tus fie r i,
te
a brum p i leries a c c e f-
f u a liquo m o m e n ta n e o , d eb eren t
h ab e ri d u x m a g n itu d in e s
p o ftr e
m a , ferici praecedentis., & p rim a
(erici fcq u cn tis . IdipTum vero a d
h u c m ulco
e v id e n tiu s h a b e tu r
in illis r e ru m fla tib u s , in qu ibu s
ex una parce q u o v is m o m e n to h a
beri d ebet aliq uis fta tu s i t a , u t
m im q u am fine a liq uo e ju s g e n e r is
ftatu res efTe poflk$ & e x a lia d u o s
fim ul e ju fm o d i ftatus h a b e r e n o n
p o t e ft . #
ld qu id em facis p a t e b it e x ip f o
locali .m otu , in q u o h a b e t u r p b x -
n o m e n o q o m n ib u s fa n e n o t iffi-
m u m , fed cuju s ratio n o n ita f a
cile aliunde red ditur , in d e a u t e m
p aten tiflim a e f t . C o r p u s a q u o v is
lo co ad a liu m q u e m v is d e v e n ir e
u tiq u e p o te ft m o tu c o n t in u o p e r
lineas q u a fc u m q u e , u t c u m q u e
c o n to rta s , & in im m e n f u m p v o -
d u fta s q u a q u a v e r fu m , q u x n u
m e r o in n n itic s infinitae f u n t : fe d
o m n in o d eb e t per c o n t i n u a m a li
q u a m a b ir e ,& n ullibi in t e r r u p t a m -
E n inde ra tio n em e ju s rei a d m o
d u m m a n ifc fta m . Si a lic u b i lin e a
m o tu s a bru m p e re tu r , v e l m o m e n - *
tum t e m p o r is , q u o c t ic t in p r i m o
p u n cto p o f tr e m x lin e x , e ffe t p o -
ftcrius c o m o m e n t o , q u o e ffe t in
p u n d l b 'p o f t r c m o a n te r io r is , v e l
effet id em , v el a n te r iu s . In p r i
m o & tertio c a fu in ter e a m o m e n - ,
ta in te rce d e re t te m p u s a liq u o d
c o n tin u u m d ivifibile m in fin it u m
et a lia m o m e n ta i n t e r m e d i a , c u m
ina m o m e n ta t e m p o r is in e o f c n
fu a ccep ta , in q u o e g o h ic e a a c
cip io , c o n t ig u a effe n o n p o f f i n t ,
u ti'fu p e riu s e x p o fu i. Q u a m o b r c m
in p rim o c a fu in o m n i b u s iis in
finitis in te rm e d iis m o m e n t i s n u l
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