Vitruvius Pollio, I dieci libri dell?architettura, 1567

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                  ueramente ſi può fare. </s>
                  <s id="s.000429">La Filoſofia oltra di queſto non laſcia entrare la cupidita, ne per­
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                  mette che l'animo ſia occupato in riceuer doni, ma fa che con grauità ſi difenda la pro­
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                  pria dignità, & ſe ne riporti buon nome. </s>
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                  La Filoſofia dimoſtra allo Architetto il modo di uiuere accoſtumatamente; perche nella Filoſo
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                  fia, che è amore & ſtudio di ſapienza, cioè del bene, & del uero, & la ſpeculatione delle coſe,
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                  & la Regola delle attioni: l'una & l'altra è neceſſaria allo Architetto. </s>
                  <s id="s.000431">Quanto alla regola
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                  delle attioni dice Vitr. che la Filoſofia è neceſſaria allo Architetto, perche la Filoſofia ua facen­
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                  do l'Architetto d'animo grande, sì per abbracciare le grandi impreſe, come per non temere le
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                  graui offeſe. </s>
                  <s id="s.000432">Ma perche pare che la grandezza dello animo apporti il diſprezzo altrui, & una
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                  certa ſeuerità, & arroganza: però ſia lo Architetto di grande animo ſenza arroganza, che è
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                  uitio oppoſto alla uerità, che oltra il debito attribuiſce a ſe. </s>
                  <s id="s.000433">ſia piaceuole sì nell'udire, & ſatisfa­
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                  re alle dimande de gli imperiti, sì nel ſopportare i loro difetti. </s>
                  <s id="s.000434">Ma perche la facilità di natura,
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                  & la piaceuolezza puo piegare alla ingiuſtitia: però come maeſtro di proportione ſia egli giu­
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                  ſto, & eguale ad ognuno, & nella egualità ſia fedele nel conſigliare, non ſia auaro nel pigliar
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                  doni, nè cupido nel deſiderargli. </s>
                  <s id="s.000435">Con queſte conditioni lo Architetto, conſeruerà il grado,
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                  reſterà honorato, & con ſua fatica uiuendo accomodato, dopo ſe laſcierà fama immortale. </s>
                  <s id="s.000436">Et però
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                  Vitr. hauendo conoſciuto in ſe ſteſſo quanto ſia l'ornamento delle predette uirtù, & brutta la
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                  macchia de gli oppoſti errori, dimoſtra in molti luoghi dell'opera ſua ſtimare piu la uerità che
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                  le ricchezze, piu la gloria che l'utile, & biaſima gli adulatori, arroganti, & auari Ar­
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                  chitetti, come da i proemi de i libri ſuoi ſi puo uedere, i quali ueramente ſe fuſſero uno
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                  proemio ſolo a tutti i uolumi ſi deono leggere inanti, & molto bene conſiderare. </s>
                  <s id="s.000437">La Filo­
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                  ſofia adunque ci gioua alla uirtu de i coſtumi, ſimilmente ci gioua quanto alla parte poſta
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                  nella cognitione del uero, come dice Vitruuio.
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                  <s id="s.000438">Appreſſo la Filoſofia ci eſplica la ſcienza delle coſe naturali, che da Greci è detta phy­
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                  ſiologia, laquale è neceſſario che lo Architetto con ſtudio maggiore habbia conoſciuto;
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                  come quella che in ſe contenga molte & diuerſe dimande naturali; come anche ſi uede nel
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                  condurre le acque. </s>
                  <s id="s.000439">percioche ne i corſi, nelle uolte, & nelle sboccature, & uſcite nei
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                  piani liuellati, gli ſpiriti naturali a molti modi ſi fanno, a i danni, & difetti delle quali
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                  coſe niuno potrà rimediare ſe non chi dalla Filoſofia haurà preſo i principij dalla natura
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                  delle coſe. </s>
                  <s id="s.000440">Oltra di queſto chi leggerà i uolumi di Cteſibio, o di Archimede, & de gli
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                  altri, che hanno laſciato ne gli ſcritti precetti di queſta maniera, non anderà nella loro
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                  opnione, ſe prima di coſe tali non ſarà da Filoſofi ammaeſtrato. </s>
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                  Vna parte della Filoſofia natur ale è chiamata iſtoria naturale, & l'altra ſcienza natura­
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                  le. </s>
                  <s id="s.000442">l'iſtoria è ſimplice narratione de gli effetti di natura. </s>
                  <s id="s.000443">Lo eſſempio ſi puo da gli ſcritti di
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                  Plmio commodatamente pigliare, percioche egli narra ſemplicemente tutto quello che ſi tro­
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                  ua delle coſe fatte dalla natura, cominciando dal mondo, & dalle ſue parti principali, come
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                  ſono i cieli, & gli elementi. </s>
                  <s id="s.000444">uiene poi al particolare delle parti della terra, delle pietre, de
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                  i metalli, delle piante, de gli Animali, & del huomo, che è fine di tutte le coſe. </s>
                  <s id="s.000445">La ſcien
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                  za naturale è cognitione delle cauſe; & de i principij di tutte le predette coſe, della quale
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                  con ordine, & con dottrina mirabile il buon, Ariſtotile ne tratta. </s>
                  <s id="s.000446">tanto l'iſtoria, quanto la ſcienza
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                  naturale, è utile allo Architetto. </s>
                  <s id="s.000447">Vitr. hebbe l'una, & l'altra quanto faceua al biſogno, come
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                  ſi uede nel quarto capo del primo libro, doue ſi tratta de i principij delle coſe; & nell'ottauo
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                  libro, & nel ſecondo prima, & finalmente per tutta l'opera, doue egli parla de gli alberi,
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                  delle pietre, delle minere, de gli animali, della uoce, dell'udito, & del uedere, & di mol
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                  te opere di natura, le cagioni delle quali ſono a molti propoſiti ricercate, & ſpecialmente nella
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                  materia delle acque, come ſi uederà nell'ottauo libro.
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                  <s id="s.000448"> Della Muſica eſſer deue intelligente lo
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                  Architetto, accioche egli conoſca la regolata ragione, & la Mathematica, & accioche
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                  dirittamente caricare & temprare ſappia gli inſtrumenti da pietre o ſaette dette baliſte,
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                  catapulte, & ſcorpioni. </s>
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