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Leonardo da Vinci. L'“angeLo incarnato” - OPAR L'Orientale Open ...

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IL MINISTRO DELL’UMANA SPEZIE / THE MINISTER OF THE HUMAN SPECIES<br />

Della verga. Questa conferisce collo intelletto umano, e alcuna volta ha intelletto<br />

per sé, e ancora che la volontà dell’omo lo voglia provocare, esso sta ostinato, e<br />

fa a suo modo, alcuna volta movendosi <strong>da</strong> sé, senza licenza o pensieri dell’omo,<br />

così dormiente, come desto, fa quello desidera: e spesso l’omo dorme e lui veglia,<br />

e molte volte l’omo veglia e lui dorme; molte volte l’omo lo vole esercitare,<br />

e lui non vole; molte volte lui vole, e l’omo gliel vieta. Adunque e’ pare che<br />

questo animale abbia spesso anima e intelletto separato dell’omo, e pare che<br />

a torto l’omo si vergogni di nominarlo, non che di mostrarlo, anzi sempre lo<br />

copre e lo nasconde, il qual si dovrebbe ornare e mostrare con solennità, come<br />

ministro dell’umana spezie.<br />

Of the cock. “This confers with the human intellect, and sometimes it has intellect all<br />

on its own, and although the will of the man may wish to stimulate it, it remains obstinate,<br />

and goes its own way, sometimes moving on its own without the permission or<br />

thought of the man. Whether he is asleep or awake, it does what it desires. And often the<br />

man is asleep and it is awake; and many times the man is awake and it is asleep. Many<br />

times the man wants to use it, and it does not want to. Many times it wants to, and<br />

the man forbids it. It appears therefore that this animal often has a soul and an intellect<br />

separate from the man; and it seems that the man is wrong to be ashamed to name it or<br />

to show it, indeed constantly covering and hiding it, when he should adorn and display<br />

it with solemnity as the minister of the human species”.<br />

Windsor, RL 19930 r-19029 v (K/P 72 r & 71 v), c. 1508 / Windsor, RL 19930 r-19029 v (K/P 72 r & 71 v), c. 1508<br />

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