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be_o none_o of_o those_o that_o will_v dissuade_v junior_a academic_n from_o the_o study_n of_o that_o philosophy_n especial_o i_o think_v aristotle_n logic_n and_o rhetoric_n be_v to_o be_v acknowledge_v though_o i_o be_o not_o of_o the_o opinion_n of_o averro_n that_o he_o be_v the_o inventor_n of_o either_o and_o doubtless_o that_o reverence_n and_o observance_n be_v due_a to_o the_o statute_n of_o those_o university_n that_o recommend_v this_o author_n yea_o and_o the_o antiquity_n of_o that_o philosophy_n though_o it_o be_v far_o from_o be_v the_o ancient_a will_v commend_v it_o to_o the_o student_n of_o universal_a learning_n beside_o i_o will_v have_v nothing_o avoid_v or_o condemn_v till_o it_o be_v understand_v and_o be_v i_o more_o a_o enemy_n to_o that_o philosophy_n then_o my_o assailant_n can_v suppose_v i_o be_o yet_o shall_v i_o not_o dissuade_v the_o learning_n it_o since_o primus_fw-la sapientiae_fw-la gradus_fw-la est_fw-la falsa_fw-la intelligere_fw-la only_o i_o think_v it_o will_v be_v very_o injurious_a to_o knowledge_n if_o aristotle_n shall_v engross_v man_n and_o
of_o my_o doubt_n be_v thus_o assert_v and_o prove_v we_o see_v yet_o but_o small_a hope_n to_o expect_v their_o solution_n or_o if_o this_o be_v a_o aenswer_n it_o be_v a_o evidence_n of_o our_o intellectual_a weakness_n that_o all_o the_o world_n have_v all_o this_o while_n be_v confound_v about_o a_o plain_a problem_n upon_o a_o false_a supposal_n the_o answer_n to_o my_o other_o difficulty_n about_o the_o union_n of_o the_o part_n of_o quantity_n be_v ground_v also_o upon_o the_o presumption_n that_o there_o be_v actual_o none_o which_o i_o think_v i_o have_v sufficient_o disprove_v a._n 5._o caput_fw-la sextum_fw-la totum_fw-la motui_fw-la rotarum_fw-la dedicatum_fw-la est_fw-la neque_fw-la si_fw-la credimus_fw-la authori_fw-la de_fw-la cujus_fw-la pag._n 83._o g._n i_o conclude_v not_o only_o that_o no_o part_n can_v move_v but_o the_o whole_a must_v but_o also_o that_o in_o the_o circular_a motion_n of_o a_o wheel_n it_o seem_v that_o the_o motion_n of_o every_o part_n must_v be_v praerequire_v to_o itself_o which_o i_o think_v be_v clear_a enough_o in_o the_o inference_n though_o the_o proposition_n infer_v be_v impossible_a and_o absurd_a and_o what_o inconvenience_n there_o be_v in_o this_o conclusion_n that_o all_o the_o part_n change_v their_o place_n at_o once_o i_o have_v make_v sufficient_o evident_a in_o the_o place_n where_o the_o difficulty_n be_v urge_v i_o confess_v in_o our_o author_n hypothesis_n that_o there_o be_v actual_o no_o part_n in_o body_n the_o doubt_n be_v none_o and_o the_o whole_a matter_n will_v pass_v into_o word_n and_o air_n but_o suppose_v that_o in_o quantity_n there_o be_v distinct_a reality_n i_o think_v it_o will_v be_v hard_a to_o dis-incumb_a this_o trite_a phaenomenon_n from_o the_o perplexity_n i_o mention_v a._n subjungit_fw-la author_n secundam_fw-la difficultatem_fw-la quomodo_fw-la in_o rotâ_fw-la circumvolutâ_fw-la viciniores_fw-la centro_fw-la part_v pag._n 84._o g._n i_o say_v again_o however_o we_o find_v it_o in_o the_o event_n while_o yet_o we_o consider_v the_o remote_a part_n move_v swift_a than_o the_o central_a one_o in_o the_o speculative_a notion_n it_o be_v hard_a to_o conceive_v but_o that_o the_o line_n draw_v from_o the_o centre_n to_o the_o circumference_n shall_v be_v inflect_v since_o one_o point_n of_o the_o line_n rest_v while_o the_o other_o move_v which_o in_o the_o theory_n seem_v to_o argue_v a_o disunion_n and_o consequent_o a_o incurvation_n so_o that_o though_o it_o be_v true_a in_o the_o experiment_n and_o event_n yea_o and_o while_o we_o look_v upon_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o thing_n in_o one_o position_n that_o the_o line_n will_v be_v make_v crooked_a be_v it_o not_o for_o the_o unequal_a velocity_n of_o the_o part_n yet_o it_o appear_v as_o clear_v to_o reason_n in_o another_o posture_n that_o this_o inequality_n shall_v infer_v it_o for_o if_o b_o move_z swift_a than_o a._n a_o rest_v some_o instant_a while_n b_o be_v in_o motion_n there_o be_v no_o motion_n but_o where_o there_o be_v change_n of_o place_n viz._n of_o that_o place_n in_o respect_n of_o which_o the_o body_n be_v say_v to_o move_v the_o place_n in_o respect_n of_o which_o the_o body_n be_v say_v to_o move_v be_v the_o next_o superficies_n that_o be_v consider_v as_o quiescen_n '_o and_o consequent_o it_o seem_v if_o b_o move_z any_o instant_n in_o which_o a_o do_v not_o it_o be_v proportionable_o to_o its_o motion_n remove_v from_o that_o of_o a_o to_o which_o it_o be_v adjacent_a and_o by_o consequence_n one_o will_v expect_v it_o shall_v be_v disjoin_v or_o inflect_v 6._o jactatum_fw-la tandem_fw-la experimentum_fw-la capite_fw-la alto_fw-mi ingreditur_fw-la a._n author_n ille_fw-la prefatus_fw-la audentisseme_v pag._n 85._o since_o the_o publish_n my_o discourse_n i_o have_v meet_v a_o ingenious_a g._n account_v among_o some_o excellent_a geometrician_n of_o this_o problem_n which_o perhaps_o may_v satisfy_v the_o difficulty_n the_o account_n brief_o be_v that_o 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the_o lesser_a wheel_n will_v be_v exceed_o palpable_a and_o discoverable_a by_o the_o dull_a sense_n i_o say_v if_o these_o circumstance_n answer_v experiment_n this_o difficulty_n be_v for_o aught_o i_o know_v well_o account_v for_o and_o i_o need_v add_v no_o more_o to_o this_o confession_n for_o our_o author_n answer_n be_v either_o material_o the_o same_o with_o this_o or_o much_o less_o to_o purpose_n actio_fw-la septima_fw-la a._n 1._o in_o sequentibus_fw-la aliquot_fw-la capitulis_fw-la satis_fw-la exquisitè_fw-fr investigat_fw-la causas_fw-la errorum_fw-la &_o ignorantiae_fw-la pag._n 90._o g._n that_o the_o present_a age_n abound_v with_o prattle_a ignorance_n and_o vain_a show_n of_o science_n false_o so_o call_v will_v not_o be_v deny_v by_o one_o who_o have_v direct_v some_o endeavour_n against_o they_o and_o do_v i_o not_o deep_o apprehend_v how_o much_o bold_a affirmer_n and_o lazy_a inquisitor_n have_v prejudice_v the_o advance_n of_o true_a and_o substantial_a 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anxious_a in_o speculation_n and_o have_v engage_v i_o to_o look_v as_o far_o as_o my_o capacity_n
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