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ceciderūt. Vtraqꝫ aūt pars qūo errauerit dicā. Academici contraphyſicos ex rebus obſcuris argumentati ſunt nullā eſſe ſcientiā:& exemplis paucarū rerū incōprehēſibiliū cōtēti: amplexi ſuntignorantiā: tanꝗͣ ſcientiā totam ſuſtiliſſent: quia in parte ſuſtulerāt: phyſici contra ex his quę aperta ſunt: argumentum trahebantſciri poſſe: cōtentiqꝫ ꝑſpicuis retinebant ſciētiā: tanꝗͣ totā defendiſſent: quia ex parte defenderāt. Ita neqꝫ hi clara: neqꝫ illi obſcura uiderūt: ſed utriqꝫ dum ſolā ſcientiā conſertis manibus: uel retinēt uel eripiūt: uiderunt in medio conſtitutā fore: quę illosad ſapiētiā tranſmitteret. Verū Archeſilas ignorantię magiſter: Zenoni obtractaret principi ſtoicorū: ut totā philoſophiameuerteret (auctore Socrate) ſuſcepit hāc ſententiam: ut affirmaretnihil ſciri poſſe. Itaqꝫ coarguit ad exiſtimatōem philoſophoꝝ: putaſſent ingeniis ſuis erutā eſſe atqꝫ inuentā ueritatē: uidelicetqꝛ mortalis fuerat illa ſapiētia: pauciſqꝫ ante temporibus inſtituta: ad ſummū iam incrementū ꝑuenerat: ut iam neceſſario cōſeneſceret ac periret repēte exſtitit academia tāꝗͣ ſenectꝰ philoſophięquę illā cōficeret iam defloreſcentē. Recte uidit Archeſilas arrogātes uel potius ſtultos eſſe: putēt ſciētiam ueritatis cōiecturapoſſe cōprehēdi: ſed tamen falſa dicentē redarguere pōt niſiqui ſcierit ante quid ſit uerum: Archiſilas ueritate non cognitafacere conatus: introduxit genus philoſophię aſſiſtatum: quodlatine inſtabile ſiue inconſtans poſſumus dicere. Vt enim nihil-ſciendum ſit: aliquid ſciri neceſſe eſt. Nam ſi omnino nihil ſci-as idipſuꝫ nihil ſciri poſſe tolletur. Itaqꝫ qui uelut ſentētię locoproriunciat: nihil ſciri tanꝗͣ percęptū ꝑfitetur & cognitum: ergo-aliquid ſciri poteſt. Huic ſimile eſt illud in ſcholis ꝓponi ſo-let in aſyſtati generis exemplum ſomniaſſe quendam. ne ſomniis crederet. Si enim crediderit: tum ſequitur ut non ſit credenduꝫſi aūt non crediderit: tum ſequitur ut credendum ſit. Ita ſi nihilſciri poteſt: neceſſe eſt idip̄m ſciri: nihil ſciatur: ſi auteꝫ ſciturpoſſe nihil ſciri: falſum eſt ergo dicitur nihil ſciri poſſe. Sicinducitur dogma ſibi ipſi repugnās: ſeqꝫ diſſoluens. Sed homouerſutus cęteris philoſophis: uoluit ſciētiā eripere: ut eam domiabſconderet. Nam ſibi illā profecto non adimit: qui aliquid affirmat: ut cęteris adimat: ſed nihil agit. Apparet enim ac fureꝫ ſuum prodit. Quāto faceret ſapientius ac uerius: ſi exceptōe facta