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MARSILi F'ICIN.
THEOLQG.
PL·A~TON.
h~ius
anim
~
nutrimentum. Tranfit autem femper alimonia in eius natur:l quod alitir.
lt~q; mult~
quotidie
anim~
a
natura perdentur' ut una ferucc_uran_ima,
quo~
bonitaa–
natma!
non pacimr. Imo uerb
nccp prior anima noftra
ferua~amr,fi
fubilantaa
~ua
affi..
due
fllbterfugiat , un~e
nonas
animas
cogatur fibi
~em
per
adf~afcere,pcr q~asanama
iu–
gicer
innouecl!r.
Ve~u~
qu.onam
P.ado recens
a~ama.c~m p~iore
cor:ifencm'
Quomo..
do G
continue
efilutt
alt
quad
ab am
ma noftra,& anflmt an ammam ahmencum,11cutfie..
ri
in came
uidemus,manec
ueluntas eadem
in
plerifque
fem
per.
Idem
mos,~pinio
ca..
dem
&
fcientia,perpe~uaq;
eiufdem rei
_mem~raria ~ ~1~~0~0
pofi decenmum
~gno
fdmus ilia fiarim
uifa,qu~
ante
decennmm mderamus, mfi earundem rerum nobtsac–
cepc~
quondam
incolumes adhuc feruentur
imagin~s<;'
Quis eas feruat oifi
~dem
qui
acceperat
&iudicaueratan,imus<;'Q~o ~ado
ferua.r,fi
no~feruatur<;'
Q .ua
ra.tto~enon
fiance antmo fiabunt Imagines
&
lcienttcri;'Ne<J
dacat
quafquam fiare dsu
ammu,fl
cor..
pus
fuerit.~1od
enim
corpus
fub
ccdo
manere in eode fiatu porefi
~iu,c~Io
ipfo
ram
celericer
percurrente':'Proindc
fl
corpus aliquod
tale
fie,
uc
maneat
al1quanrum,corpo.
ra
ta
men fubtilia
&
agilia
minime omnium permanebunt. Af?ima
uero
f1
corpus
fir,t~
...
nuiffimum
Gtoportec,ut
uifceribus fuffufa
facilim~
cunda
uiuiflcec.
Ideo
&
offa
&
uer
ui diutius
conGfienc
qmim anima,imo etiam caro,quz tamen breui tempo re labitur,8'
renouatur indies.Erit autcm anima flatus alicuius mftar,infiabilis produs,
&
momcn..
tis flngu!is euanefcens,quapropcer neq;
diem
quidem unum fdencias rerii imagineacj
feruabic. Idem
quoq; patiecur
fi
anima
qualitas
fit
&
complexio aliqua humorum-at'I
membrorum.Pariter
enim qualiras
fluic
&
humor,
atC}? in
ipfa nutritione
anima
cfflucr
rcfluetc:B
ficuc
corpus,neq; conflabit animal fecundum forma magis, quamfecundum
materiam propriam.NelJ feruabicur innumerabilis unicas animafis,
neq;
continuatio
motionis nucrimenti
aut
augmcnti.Necv erit in animali uis a1iqua ho rum motuum or.
dinatrix,qu~
ica
fibi ipfa confi:et,ut &
ordin~m
ipfis
pr~grediendi,&
terminum impo..
natprogreffioni qaoufq; nutriri oporteacuel augeri. Necdfcdl
enim
redorem illum
in
fe confifiere,qui ordinac
fi~it.ctJ_ m<?bilia.Obijci~c
force
aliquis
ita:
Viclemus
i~
corpo
re nofiro
figuram
eandem dtutlflime permancre,
lacec
caro labamr
&
refluar.
S1millccr
ergo
quid prohibet in anima eafdem rerum
cognita~um
imaginespermancre,liccrani...
m~
fobflantia
ex ueterc mutcrur
in
nouam':' Ref
pond
emus,
necp candem
prorfus ma..
nerefiguram,•1e~
pcnitus fimilem,frd priorcmfrequeter abcunrecarne abue,8'fn car
n~ ~~cent~ no~am prio~i.9u~d~~odo
fimilcm
rdi~it
idc:V
fleri
a
9uodam
artificcfta–
bth~~<? mtentu~
fabncate,qut cum
m~ncat rcmpe~adem,
habeacq; in fe membrorum
famtharrs corpons dffponendorum rauoncs
&
femma, porefi nouis humoribus quorl
die
influentib~s
complexfonem
fimilem ac prioribus
tradere,
&
recenti carni
umilc111
ac ucteri
pr~bcre~gura"!l
non
alicer
quam
uultus,qui
fl
umen fuperne defpiciens,flum
r~.s und~s
nouascv
quohbcc?1omento
~ouis
imaginibus
fui
depingit,ica
ut
idem
in
ua
rqs undts uu1cus perfifterc
mdc~tur.
lnttmus
autear. ille faber corporis atCJ fiabilis,ani..
ma cft,
.qu~~&
•pfa
flu~t,ccr~cne~ fi~iles
corpus
pr~
fediu
fereteffigaes
~figuras,
n~qJ ~mm~ fcacntta~ ~~tics ~ecan~bat,quaa
tuncneq; ipfa
uifa
eas
tenebir,n~
ctderit
ii
al1qms,qu1 aurfi:abthat!llas .m
an~mo,au~fimiles
prioribus alias generet.Non
cnimdi...
cendum ell,Gfuando anima
1magmem
rea
p>offidcns, effiuit, eancfem influenci animzi•
magi
nem feipfam infinuare, quia ncquitqualiras uJia in fubiedii
nouum
deueterefub
ie~o
tranfi.re,necp eciam.
euanefce~s
ilia pri_oranima imagincm aliam flue fimilcm
in
an11~1
a u.enaentcfi.gura_r.F1g~.n~ree~1m c~m
fitactio, perfedum requiritagentem. Illa
uero amma
d~m.mcer1t, ~efiett
quadem
•pfa,ne~
pocefi
cue
animam nouam perfkere.
formare~~ro fc1~fam
amma ?oua neqmt, eo
pr~fertim
ipfo momen to quo
nafdtur,
,
quta
apfa euam tune efi amperfi;da.Quocirca ulto mo
do pocdl
animarum
carum q.uas olim nouir imagines fcientiasCJ; tenere memori.
terifi
corporis
&
qualitatis
inltarcffluat
•
paulatim
1
~
influar..