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“...S Septiman^ P hil oso phic ve
cocliobfcruaret,&negligeretinterim, quac ante pedes efTcnc, autin
terra: Veruna refpondeiec Thales pro fele, qud oshomini fublime
ere6losq;viiltusNamradederic,vtryderacQsliimq-,inmeretiu,non vt'
pecudura more, quaepronxin terram detortx func, (mpcrfolo ocu-
losinfigeret,autpafcuisintcntuseircc.Vcrumnoscum halenus cceU
nauiram& contenta,necnon qnatuorElemcnta, vt corporafimpli-
cia, & exhis impcrfei raixta Ime Mcteoca .contempiatifnciimus;
atque ita cum ociilis mentcm ad fiiperioia direxeriinus: ne in hmilcm
reprchenlonisantcauillationisfcriipukimimpingamus,nuncin ter-
rxcauernas&fodinas, qiixfuntfub pedibus qiiidem, arnihti'ominiis
optimos huius vitx thelanros abfcondunt,infl:at illius Lyncei.oculo-
rumaciemintcndemus. Poll; hmpiiciter enim mifta, quxmagnaex
parte in are vilhntiir, hxc in terris abdita lequiintur corpora, quia ex
lolacicmentomm compofitione abfque vcgetabili anima conftant.
Vt autem eorum naturam in generc ex caufis dcfcribamus. & hoe die,...”
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