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alij quidem in fenf1bus)a1ij uero
in
eo,qui
fenfus
fequit
appetitu
~olup~tc colloc~uere.
Et
qui in fenGbus,diuerfis quoq; mo dis Ariftocelern incerpretant.
Ee
em nonnulh duas
in frnubus
dfe
pucanc perceptioncs,quarum prima ab tjs,
q
excrinfrcus offerunf in ani•
mu
quodamodo proficifci,ac fluere uidd,altera uero ab ammo rn agis JJfeda, ad
ea)qu~
extra
lime
porrigi.Primo nam(p animus exempli graria dulcedin e pac1pic,
q
prima per"".
ceptio ex ipf1us
rei,q
obidla
cit
fuauitate oriri uidef. Deinde conGderac
fe
dukedmem
confecucii
fuiife,illa
percipcrc,habere eacil perfrui,arq3 hanc
ill1
fecunda animi percep
cio
n£,leu
cogitation~
fiuc medicacione,feu an11naduert10nem, uolupcare appellata effe ab
Aril1ocele cenfuerunc,uc uoluptas fie illa ipfa conf1dera cio, qua bonon1 pra'.'.fmcia fe frui
quis
cogicac. Nonnulli non fen rum,
cu
fefe dulcedmem
confe~urfi ~ntma?uertit
offerri>
&
quJfl erigi,& quandam udut hilaricacem coc1pere, ac per fe t:rre, earn<}} uolllptatem
ab
AnHoc~ie
dida arbicracur.IcaqJ uolupcacem
dfe
eleuauone, liue ht!aricate animi ade.–
pci iam illud,quod cupierac
bonum.Acucro qui uolupcacem in ea pa
rte
animi,qua appc
cimus pofuenmc,duas appcrir
mpropriecaces dfc putant.
V
na quid em moueri nos,acl
eac}J inclmari,qu.:c pro cul
a
nobts func bona,ncc du tlla fuerimus cofecuci.Alcera uero in
e0,q> 1dept1 tam confecuc1ci;
f
.Jmus confift:ere,primam,cupidtcacem,alceram,quiecenun
c.1p
rnc.~
1lbm quide molei11a,follicicudtne,cura,anxiecace,plcnam effe uolunc,bac ue–
ro netf.rnili quadam fuamcace
perfufam,eam~
uoluptarem
a
Peripacetic<llrum prindpe
nui1cupar1,uc nihil aliud uolupcas
err~
dicacur,mf1 terminus quidam' flue quics,appeci...
cus in bono,cp iam faerie cofecurus.
V
nde Lucretius, requies in.quit hominu diufi<B uo–
lupcas Ccccerums:id 1pfa quies
uc,no
codem omnes modo expofuerunc. Altj namq;
ce~
fac1onem tpfam,ac ueluti nnem aliquent appecend1 qmece definffic. Appecicum
&
enian
rn·n
id,cp ClliJierat bonfi adepcus fueric,ab appetertdo defiftere. lcaq, follidcudine & an-:
xietatc uacare,q uacacio qui es ipfa l1c, eadem.:p uoluptas ab ArHtotele nlicupaca. Ideotj;
uolupcds dr,uc
1flt
defini5c,acquif1cio,cp cupicu fuerac bot10,ab omni appetedi follicitu.–
dtne
x
anxiecace uacatio. Nonnulli uero Periparecid aliquid huic uacacioni aliud addi·
duuru.Carere qLiippeomni moldtfa non dum plenam, ac perfeda uolupcacis nacuram
poffidere.Fieri uero inregram,atcp abfolutam,
fi
in eo ipfo fhcu fie omnis appemio con•
qutefcat,UC no modo no ulterius appetit quipptam,fed huic,quo fruitur bono to tis nerA
uis,ac mribus h :ueac,atTenriarur Gbi
dfe
facis,atCB in id penicus d ·ffundacur. fifi ergo,uc
cenfenc ifti,uolupcas affenuo,at<}l diff.,fio appemus in id,
c_p
poffideatbonu·m,quo
fie
ur
medrjs in uolupcacibus liquefcere corpus cocil,ac difAuere uideacur,cu omnis animi,cor
porisci uis,ac m.Jtus in id,quod excrinrecus obljcirur, inclincnn, ac penicus rapiacur.E.;
iu(cemodi uero diff
.1f10
non mo do in corporis membris
parribus~~
uerum etiam in ap.–
peticu nacuraep animi effe debec, neq; enim in re aliqj corpus nifi appecitus in pulfu ani•
mi43
porcfta re diff'tindicur. Qulpropcer
&
ipfum quo<}l appecicfi animumci.J daffundi ne
ceife
d1,ac~
auidiffime affigi,&
h~rere
illi,cp
propri~
uideacur natura- congruere.
Om•
nis igirnr huiufmodi animi,appeticus<:F
nixus,copulandi,h~rendi,afllgendi
ei,q> ia
pof.
fidernr bono uolupcate continec,ac aliud
~uicCf;,ut
ifhs
placer,uolupras effe uidecur;,nifi
affenciri,h::erere,afflgi
pr~fenci
bono,fn idcp difrl .1ere,pcnimscl1 diffundi, modo
h~c
in....
telligas in animo,in eacF animi parte.quz apperedi uis nominaca eft fleri.Nam huiufmo_
di mocus in calore quoq; fanguine,fpiricibus, to to
CJ?
corpore reperif,
£1
nee camen uolu•
pras efi,nec p1rs aliq11a uoI•.1ptatis,uerum ab ea,
q
tn animo efl: diffoGone, aifenfioneep.·
cp
uoluprate dicunr,illa quoqJ corporis liquefadto,effuf1oci? ueluci uefiigia qufdam in1
timcc uolupcatis J
'hcifcuf.Naqualia hccc in corporc funt, calis
&
in aio uolupcas
exifllt~
~:e
Platontcorum cum Anfiotelici-s concortiia,(7
quid
Pl.ito de {cnfib!.«,(!J"
alfdt~bt'-f.
Cap.
VI
r.
H
Aec
eft
igitur Peripaceticorum de uoluptacis definicione fencencia,
cp
ipfe
arbi;
tror,ne minima quide in pared Ptaconis noftri frntentia difcrepare, nifi
q,
Ari•.
fioceles lacius loquicur eode nomine uolupcacis.& earn,
q
in mence efi,iucundi
cacerh,& eam
q
in fenflbus nominans.Plato uero uoluprace uocac earn,
q
fen
a.·
bus acddit,quod uero ia mence eft,id gaudia nuncupat. Quineciam
in
terda
&
ipfe PJa...
to uoluptatis
&
gaudij nomina confundic, utroCi; uocabulo ucens ad utrun(p Ggnifican'.
dum.Nomineigif uel nullo modo,ucl uix,ac minfmo difcrepant, ex uero re congruant
teftes eifepoifuntnonnulli Placonis libri, nee no Platonici pleric:}5 hauquaqua Phrlofo...
phi
contcmnendi.N.imApuleius~Cakidius,Contius,Ptol'm~us
Platonid nobiles eo>'
Rrr
3
qucm'