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.MARSIL. FICIN. THEOLOG. PLATON.
mirabilia
qu~dam
eff
an omnis tcfiatur antiquitas. Cornelium facerdotem
cafii(simum
fcribit Aul us Gellius
Paca.uimente motum fuiife,eo tern pore quo Czfar
&
Pomptius
in
Theffaliaconfligebant, adeb ut tern pus,& ordinem,&
exicum
pugn~
uiderec.
Pli..
nius quocv cradttHermotimi Clazomenij animam relido corpore uagari
folitam,&
mulca
ac uera
c
longinquo nunciate,donec cremato
eo
inimici e1us,qui Cantaridze
lo ...
cabantur,remeamt
anima'
uehn uaginam
ademe1 unt.
Idem
facere
confueuiffe
fcnbit
Maximus Pyrius Platonicus
8l
Herodotus
animam
Arifie1 Proconneftj Aurelius Au..
g
1flinus
refcrt facerdotem,quem Calamenfem folicum
fe
f
uo arbitram
a
corpore
auo ..
care,pr~femm
cum
querula harmonia
delnukerecur.
lacebat, inquir, flmillimus mor..
tuo,fine
~nhrlicu,&
cum
ureretur &
fecaretur)non fenticbat. Experredus
aucem dice ...
bat
le
nihll
pt~ce1
ipfom
1elodiam
&
uoces loquentium in ipfa abH:radione
fenfiCT,.
Quod
fl
nifi at
animam illam
mhil n
nc
opcrari folaram in cotpore,
cum
nulluseD'ct
mows
aut icnfus
tanget'ldi,auc
anhclitus,altquid ram
en
in
fc1pfa
agere
cum
harmoni..
m
ance aud1cam
cxcog1carct,uoccs(p
f
erciperer.Atque
&
Cornelius ille,&
Hetmo~arus
&
Arifteus~quos
tu
pd
natraui,cum fe
a
corrore
aUtul1ffcnt, nrh1l
uid1£Tent
rcmor1us
quam
antea,mfi
anima
Cllm
a
COrpufculo
iflo
Ximirur,uiueret
)1berior,
&
latiUS
uaga..
recur,
n"c CalJmenfis
anima fe fua fponte abflul1llct
a
corpore,
&
Cernota
eglffec a:i..
quid,0
corporis
fu1
peddTequa fu1ITec
omnino.l-J~c
bis Plaronis
ucrbis
in
Pbz~drocon,
fomari
uid~~ nmr.
Diuinis,inquir,mediration1bus qui
reC1e
mitur>perfeCiisi:t;
myfter~1s
fem
per imbuimr,pedcct us
re
ue ·a fol us
eua
:tit.Abhuman is au rem fiudqs fegregatus,
diuino(p numini fcmperinhfrens)uulgo capiwr,quafi
extra
fe pafirns,Ced
ipie
Dco
ple
nus uulgus
later.
t>e
F.ttidicis,u
Prop11ctfr.
Iximus de Philofophis,Poccis,Sacerdot1bus,iam de Fatidicis
Prophetisq;:!o
quamur. Longior
efle
cogar,fi Augures, Arufpices,Aufpices)
.:.achemari...
cos,Ma.gos commernoraucro. Horum quidcm opc1a peric1fs1mas
indicant
mentes.Mences uerodminas ilia prx
c~teris pr~fagia
mdicanr,uc in
Pbrdro
uutc
Placo,qua: fine
arce
&
onfilio hunc,quaha
funr,qu~
de
Diotima uate
&
Socrare,
&
Ep1memde Plato refert,
qua:
de S1byllis
Va1 ro
una
cum
Platone,
qu~
de
Pythqs
oracul s
hdl:o rid
nanan t ,
&
Philo
opht pene omne'l
confirmanc,pr~fercim
PlatoPid,
qu~
de fomntjs
experiu
i
ur
omnes
qux
de
diu
in is
P1
oplieris rradum
Hcbr~i.Hcrnm
ommum
men
es
nunc
max:me loca
plurimd
circunlu tcabant,&: tria in
unum
tempera
compledebancur,quando fe a
corp0re
fecc1 ncbant.
•
Ergo quando ammus
horn
m is
omnino
errc feiundus
a
corporc,o'l1nem
(ut"e!hpud
Aegypt1os)comprchcn
et lo-G,
&
omne
ccmpu
s.
Imo uero
tJm
pene
dl
cal
is
2rnrr:us
f
Lapre
natura ub :cp
&
{emper,q
i
UC
multa
lorn &
re1T'Ollfs1ma
Clrcunfp(ciat,a~q ~cut
t J rum recotac
p1~·
eritum
tern
pus,&
furutum
<inticipec,non cogirur
extra
fe
~rC\gredi,
fed rel.Clo co
1
·pore in
fe
ret
er!us>1d
r
rorfus alTequ1rnr>aur
quia natura fua ubicp e1
8C.
fem .ier,uc arb1cranrur
Aegyprri ,am
quiacu,n in
nacmam
fuam
fe
recipit,
fiatim numi...
ni coniungitur omncs
&
locomm,&. rcmpo1 um r
ermmos
comprcbendenci.
CJ?terum
qua u a pr.:rfagium
c3dat
in animum,fi placer,aJtius
repecam.
Tr
es
rerum
ordines
adhll
manam
animam pertinere uidencur,prouidentia,fatum,natura. Ptouidentia efi fcdes
mentium,famm feries animarum,natura feries corpo um. Principio
.fub
Deo mentes
ill
as omnino folutas
a
corp
ore ponimus fccu ndum Pia ton
em, quos uocat
Dionyfius
angelos,purifsimos fcilicetintelleCtus.Addimus
inferiorem mentium
aradum, earum
fcilicec,qu~
iam
corporibus u_niumu
r,&
quaG quidam
angcli u
idenc~r
dle, obtinen..
res qu.odammodo
gradum
infi num angelorum, quorff in numero font
znirh~
omnes
ra tio~ales,Gue
mu .d i,feu mundanarfi
'phfrarum,fydcmm,d~monum)atcp
hominum.
Te_rtto
loco fum globi
cc~l0rum.
elcmenrorum,humorum.
Promde
angeJorum
caput
Deu~
eft,quia
radium •u
um
rerum omnium creandarum rationibus
pr~ditum,per
an...
~dos oi~nes
dt
mittes,gradatim format
omnes,ira ut
in
fingulis uniuerfo)em defcnbat
mundt figuram.NelJ
folu
fubl
·mes
illos imelledus,angelosq;
purifs1mos fie e;xor?at,
ucrum