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MARSIL. FICIN. DE VITA COELITVS
cztcris ctrtnire,ut
ii.lie
Luna~
dirigas
id
~onum ind~ pr~priii
pro
me~icinis fufcipfeft~
dum.llluc inquam,td eft,ad fignum & factem,& maxtme gradum,ut
n
bona
louis affe...
das,ad
h~c dired~m ~una~
er.igas
~el
uni
ca~
,
qua?'diu
locii
~iufmodi
Sol illufirat,
ubi
oroprietas Iouia
utget.S1md1terq; de
extens.Curtofum uero narratuforet&fort'
nox'ium,quas imagines,&quemadmodfi affociandos
uel
diffociandos
inter fe animos
fabrieabant,ad afferendarn
felidcatem,uel
inferendam calamitate,uel uni cuidam,
uel
uni cuidam,ud domui,uel ciuicaci.Ego quidem ?eri poffe talia non affirmo.Afirologi
aute
fieri
pofle
l~u.tant,~ '11to.modo_,d_oee~t,q_ua!1a
ego
narr~re
non
audeo,Porphyrius
ubi uitam Plotmt
magtfin
fu
ddcrtb1t,talaa fiert poffe confirmat.Atq;
OlympiumMa
crum
&
A(hologum Af:g_'ptium narrat contra Plotinum
Romce
talia tentauiffe,dum
~onaremr
per imagines
uci res
iufmodi fiderare Plotinu,fed conatus in
authorcm
fuu
ob exce!fam
Plow1i
anim ~i foiff~
rctortos.Albertus quoq; Magnus
Afirologi~paricer
atq?
T~1eologia~
pro_feffo r aic in
fpe~u1o,ubi
a
licitis
d~fcerner.c
ie
i?q,uit illicica,
imagi..
nes rice ab Athologis confbtutas,utrtutern effccrumq? acqmrere a
figura
caddh.Acqs
fubinde
1arrac
irabiles earum effeaus,quales Thebith,Benthorad,&
Pcolem"us,c~
teri(p
Afhologi polHcemur.
Dcfcribit~
imagines ad
calamitatem alicui,profperitate9_;
afFc.-endam,qnas confilto
p:a!rermicto•.l3c
interea confirmateffeClum eas haberepoife,
quanquam
&
ut uir bonus arcis darnnJt abufum,& ut legicimus Theologus orationes
foffumigationcs(p
decefbmr)quas imptj
quida da:mones imaginibus
fabricandis adhi
bue fit.N('q; tame
reprobat
fitiuras
&
lireras di0ionesq,
imaginibus
impreITas ad
hoc
ipfum duntdxar,uc
don
um
altqtrod acdpiant
a
figma
c~lefli.
Quod quidem
poffeper
imagines
c-o~parari,Pecrus
Aponenf1s confirmauic.
Imo
&
affirmauit regionenefcio
quam foHTe dcfhuctam per imaginem illam,qua
Thebirh
natrat
a
Phedice Afirologo
fabricatam.
Thomas aut- Aquinas dux in 'Iheologia nofler
magis
ifia fotmidac,ei mi...
nus
cribuit
imag inibus.
Tantum
nam5P uircucis duncaxat per
Bguras ce£licus pucac ac.–
quirete>quant
um c - ducat ad illos effcdus quo
folec
communicer
CC£1um
per
herbas
resq,ali a
1acur
ks
cffice,r~.Non
cam
quia
~gu!a~~
Gt in ea ma.teria,cp
quoniam
co~o
..
fltum tale
1am
pofirum
dt n
cerca
qaadam
at
uhcq
fpecte,quahs
cum cado confenttat.
H~c
aic in ltbro contra G miles cercio,ubi
charaL'teres
&
ltrrras figuris
additas ridet.H
guras
ucro non
adeo,nif1
pro
fianis
qu1bufdam
ad
~~manes
adiungantur. In
Hbro
ecia
de
Faco ait,conftellacioner; dare ordinem effcn'-li arep
perdu
randi,no fol um rebus nacu..
ralibus,fed
eciam
artifidof1s,ideo
imagines
fub
cercts
confidlacionibus
fabricari. At
ft
qt1id
mirab1le per
eas
nlcra confuct
s
natu
ratlum
cffedus nob1s eueniat, in
d~monas
reiicit hominum fedudores quod in libro contra Genttles
perfpicue
patet,maxlme
ue
ro in libello de occultis
natur~
ope1 bus,nbi uidecur
eti z~
ipfas imagines paruiptndere,
quomodornnqifatl:as,quas
&
ego
quacenus
ipfc
iu!Teric,nihilipendam.Rcferreafitmi
rabiles quofd am
effe a u
imaginum m
d~monu
falficatem,nec eil:
a
Platonicis
alienu.
Nam
&
fambli-hu , air,eos qui rcligione
f
um
ma fanct imonia'i3
pofihabita,imaginibus
duntaxac cohC)ab cis diuina fpcram munera,ha in re
a
malis da-monibus
f~pifsimefal
li,fub
pr~t e x ;
u
b o nor
tm numinurn occurrenubus.Concingere ramen ex
imaginibus
legitima A ft ro o g i;r
r ~ rione
confhudi s na tur alta qua-dam bona,
no
negat.Dcnicp cu ...
tius
fore a tb ir ro
m edicinis,CF
imagmibus
re
comiccere,raciones(p
a
nobis polefiareca?
Idri,pro
Ln J
~im
u
afsignatJs,in med tcin is por ius,q; in
figuris efficacia
habere
poffe.
Probabil c cntm
cfi,n
quam ui
11
imagines
h abenr,hanc non
tam perfiguram
nupera~-quirere,qmim per maccdam
pofsiderc
naturaliter Ge
affedarn.AcG
quiddenuo acqm..
riturdum
m fculpitur,non
tam
per
figuram
comparari,
Cf;
per calefadionemcoruf1one
quadam
prouememem.(b.1~
quidem
contufio calefad1oq,faaa
fob
harmonia,~a:Je
..
fil
f1mali
harmonh>,qu<£ quond -: m mateti .:e
ui n utem
infuderat, excicat
uircutem
1pfam
atQ3 corroborat lieut flaws Ham
1a,&
manifc ftam
cfficic
ante
Iatente, fkut calos
ignis
in afpedum produdt
Hrer~s
fc ipta fucco ce . x prius delitefcenres.
Atque
literxhird
adipe
infctipr~
lapidi
pro r!L s
o ccdra-
fi
i
.pis
(u
bmergatur
aceto,prodeunt,
&
fculpt~
emmentes
~xcant.
Imo uc ro fic uc
rao
u s
fcop~
uel arbuci fufdtat rabiem
confop1-
tam, Oc
fon'e
concu f: o
qux dam
&
c a1e:?.a io
!ola labencem in materia uirturem
P.r~
..
dir,fada
uidelicet
oppottune.
Qua quidem
ccdefii oppouunitate cxpedit
in
med
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