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For it is not altogether out of question, Whether Aristotle did indeed deny the Creation of the world. For some there are, as the learned Scaliger, who reckon Aristotle among those Philosophers, who though they asserted the Eternity of the World; yet have own'd the Creation also, supposing God the Eternal Cause of an Eternal World, and so from God the Eternal Creator an Eternal succession of Generations and corruptions; and consequently that God was before the world in Nature, but not in Time or Duration of any Kind; but as the sun was before its own light. But against this Opinion are the Writings of Aristotle lib. 8. Phys. lib. 1. De caelo; and in the later part. lib. 2. de gen. & corrupt. & lib. 12. Meta•h. Vid. & Pereri. lib. 15. de Mo•u & Eternitate mundi. However it is supposed, that before his death he alter'd his Opinion, and writ in Contradicton to his former arguments V. Gassend. de Phys. §. 1. l. 4 c. 5. & loca apud eum citata; quibus adde. l. 2. de Gen. & cor. §. 3.10. De Anima, &c. Manilius concerning the order and exact motion of the Stars. l. 1. Astron. Nec quicquam in tantâ magis est Mirabile Mole, Quam ratio & certis quod l•gibus omnia parent. Nusquam turba nocet, Nihil ullis partibus errat, Laxius aut levius mutatóve ordine fertur. Quid tam confusum sp•cie •quid tam vice certum? Ac mihi tam praesens ratio non ulla videtur, Quâ pateat Mundum divino Numine verti, At { que } ipsum esse Deum, nec sorte coïsse Magistrâ, Ut voluit credi, qui primus maenia Mundi Seminibus struxit minimis inque illa resolvit. And a little after — Nunquam transversus solem decurrere ad Arctos, Nec mutare vi as, & in Ortum vertere Cursus, Auro•amque novis nasc•nte oftendere terris. Nec lunam certos excedere luminiais Orbes; Sed servare modum, quo cresc at quove recedat. Nec cadere in terram pendentia sidera Caelo: Sed dimensa suis consumere tempora signis, Non casûs opus est, Magni sed Numinis Ordo. See Cicero lib. 2. de. nat. Deorum n. 88, 89, 90. & sequentib. Philosophi, si fo•te eos primus respectus Mu• di conturbaverat, •ostea cum vidissent motus ejus finitos & aequabiles, omniaque tantis ordinibus moderata, immutab•lique constantiâ intelligere debuerunt inesse aliquem non solum habitatorem in hac. coelesti & divind d•mo. sed etiam rectorem & moderato••m, & tanquam architect•um ta•ti Operis, &c. ib. Principio terra Universa cernatur locata in medio mundi, sede solidâ, & undique ipsa in sese nutibus suis congloba. ta, vestita floribus, arboribus, srugibus, quorum omnium incredibilis multitudo insatiabili varietate distinguitur. Adde huc fontium gelidas perennitates, &c. ib. n. 98. |
For it is not altogether out of question, Whither Aristotle did indeed deny the Creation of the world. For Some there Are, as the learned Scaliger, who reckon Aristotle among those Philosophers, who though they asserted the Eternity of the World; yet have owned the Creation also, supposing God the Eternal Cause of an Eternal World, and so from God the Eternal Creator an Eternal succession of Generations and corruptions; and consequently that God was before the world in Nature, but not in Time or Duration of any Kind; but as the sun was before its own Light. But against this Opinion Are the Writings of Aristotle lib. 8. Phys. lib. 1. De caelo; and in the later part. lib. 2. de gen. & corrupt. & lib. 12. Meta•h. Vid. & Pereri. lib. 15. de Mo•u & Eternitate mundi. However it is supposed, that before his death he altered his Opinion, and writ in Contradiction to his former Arguments V. Gassend. de Phys. §. 1. l. 4 c. 5. & loca apud Eum citata; quibus add. l. 2. de Gen. & cor. §. 3.10. De Anima, etc. Manilius Concerning the order and exact motion of the Stars. l. 1. Astron. Nec quicquam in tantâ magis est Marvelous Mole, Quam ratio & Certis quod l•gibus omnia parent. Nusquam turba nocet, Nihil ullis partibus errat, Laxius Or Levius mutatóve Order fertur. Quid tam confusum sp•cie •quid tam vice certum? Ac mihi tam Praesens ratio non ulla videtur, Quâ pateat Mundum divino Numine verti, At { que } ipsum esse God, nec sort coïsse Magistrâ, Ut voluit credi, qui primus Maenia Mundi Seminibus struxit minimis Inque illa resolvit. And a little After — Never transversus solemn decurrere ad Arctos, Nec mutare vi as, & in Garden vertere Cursus, Auro•amque Novis nasc•nte oftendere terris. Nec lunam Certos excedere luminiais Orbs; Said servare modum, quo Wait At quove recedat. Nec Cadere in terram pendentia sidera Caelo: said dimensa suis consumere tempora signis, Non casûs opus est, Magni sed Numinis Ordo. See Cicero lib. 2. de. nat. Gods n. 88, 89, 90. & sequentib. Philosophy, si fo•te eos primus Respectus Mu• Die conturbaverat, •ostea cum vidissent motus His finitos & aequabiles, omniaque tantis ordinibus Moderata, immutab•lique constantiâ intelligere debuerunt inesse aliquem non solum habitatorem in hac. Coelesti & divind d•mo. sed etiam rectorem & moderato••m, & tanquam architect•um ta•ti Operis, etc. ib. Principio terra Universa cernatur locatam in medio mundi, sede solidâ, & undique ipsa in seize nutibus suis congloba. ta, vestita floribus, arboribus, srugibus, quorum omnium incredibilis multitudo insatiabili varietate distinguitur. Add huc fontium gelidas perennitates, etc. ib. n. 98. |
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