ON THE NATURAL DESIRE FOR KNOWLEDGE 129with stu<strong>di</strong>ous labors addressed sinisterly to this, as occurs with physiciansand lawyers, who, right after their course, generally obtain it, which herecannot and must not be expected, but by establishment <strong>of</strong> revenues and privatedonations, <strong>of</strong> which these noble pr<strong>of</strong>essions alone among the othershave been up to now totally deprived, having yet the others both Seminariesand Colleges which in some part and for some time provided them andafterwards the fruits <strong>of</strong> their pr<strong>of</strong>ession itself. 75 This exemption and freedomwill also be from business both domestic and familial and from anykind <strong>of</strong> noise and molestation which in such places so provided will ceasealtogether, and there will be instead that quiet which, to elevate the mindand maintain it always valorous in its work, is necessary.Nor will this be limited to years and terminated with the course, degreeor some prefixed time, but with the very life <strong>of</strong> the subjects, having toaccompany their stu<strong>di</strong>ous labor for which life must appear short, not thatit be thought to terminate it ahead <strong>of</strong> that; it will be therefore assiduous,unremitting, on the contrary always greater without any interruption orweariness; nor will it be restricted to the writings or teachings <strong>of</strong> this or thatmaestro, but all kinds <strong>of</strong> cognition, which by our own invention or by communicationfrom others may come to us, will always be received andsought in an universal exercise <strong>of</strong> contemplation and practice. 76And above all, the work will always proceed ahead with our own intellects,by philosophizing with all sincerity, without any passion that couldalter it in the search for truth, not preferring one author, one sect morethan another, but always with equal <strong>di</strong>sposition toward all persons, ponderingthe things themselves and the arguments, without their beingweighted or lightened by the authority <strong>of</strong> those who present them.There will be copious instruction <strong>of</strong>fered by the live voices <strong>of</strong> thelearned; there will be complete libraries, likewise all <strong>of</strong> the amenities fororderly experimentation and peregrination, 77 the help <strong>of</strong> companions,75 The other pr<strong>of</strong>essions first have seminaries and colleges and later their own proceeds.76 An important sentence which restates the criticism <strong>of</strong> dogmatism expressed earlier(and which will again be repeated shortly hereafter), and in<strong>di</strong>cates, as an alternative,the ‘universal exercise <strong>of</strong> contemplation and practice’ applied without preju<strong>di</strong>ce to everyfield <strong>of</strong> knowledge. Naturally, practice is not to be understood as the instrumental <strong>di</strong>mensionso <strong>of</strong>ten criticized by Cesi but as an incipient appeal for experimentation, thus makingit possible to read this formulation as the epitome <strong>of</strong> an almost Galileian and alreadymodern methodology; cf. G. Olmi, ‘In essercitio universale <strong>di</strong> contemplatione e prattica’:Federico Cesi e i Lincei, cit.77 Travel for instruction or research.
130DEL NATURAL DESIDERIO DI SAPEREstampe pronte e sicure, l’in<strong>di</strong>rizzo et aiuto continuo da’ maggiori e collegi,quali e buona via et ottima compagnia ci faranno senz’alcun rischiodell’intoppi sopra narrati, daranno luce delle dottrine megliori e con unacontinua, amica e fedele conferenza 78 ne correggeranno, raffinaranno,arrichiranno i pensieri e ne risvegliaranno <strong>di</strong> novi, giovando sempre e conil conseglio e con l’aviso, significandoci 79 anco sempre quanto occorressein qualsivoglia luogho nella materia litteraria o <strong>di</strong> nuove osservationi ostrumenti o compositioni o altri come se fussino per tutto presenti; 80 nécon sì buone guide et aiuti si lasciaranno da parte quelli megliori mo<strong>di</strong> <strong>di</strong>repertori, metho<strong>di</strong> e sinopsi, che tanto ne possono facilitar l’imprese.Quale nemeno s’ha a dubitare riesca <strong>di</strong>fficile alla forza de’ soggettiscelti e ben uniti e ferventi, provisti delle tre ultime guide notate dalFicino 81 et primieramente della ferma et constante volontà, con la qualeda sé stessi corrono all’impresa, e con il frutto e <strong>di</strong>letto 82 continuo edessortatione de’ maggiori vi si confermano sempre più; le celesti et altre<strong>di</strong> natura, 83 o sono efficacemente in persone che a questo si risolvono, oalmeno sufficientemente; 84 e vale tanto il continuo calore e fomento de’compagni (che puote a bastanza invigorire) e li buoni mo<strong>di</strong> e regole (chepossono a’ mancamenti d’acutezza d’ingegno o <strong>di</strong> tenace memoria supplire,oltre a reme<strong>di</strong> me<strong>di</strong>cinali) che anco quelli che, per tali <strong>di</strong>fetti o <strong>natural</strong>pigritia, fossero meno gagliar<strong>di</strong>, se pur dal conseguire eminenza <strong>di</strong><strong>sapere</strong> almeno da grado notabile <strong>di</strong> dottrina non saranno esclusi, è certoche l’haver renunciato ogn’altro negotio e de<strong>di</strong>cato tutto il tempo et ogniassiduità a questo, basta a spianare ogni <strong>di</strong>fficultà et agevolare ogni maggiorfatiga; l’asprezza della quale, passati i principii, dall’assuefattione mamolto più dalla dolcezza de’ frutti che si comminciano a raccogliere esempre più si raccolgono, [sarà] rimossa affatto. Et in quelli è sempre78 Discussione.79 Comunicandoci.80 Viene qui osservata l’importanza della comunicazione epistolare, che fu in effettifondamentale per la concreta vita dell’Accademia.81 Cfr. n. 24 supra.82 Risultati e passione.83 Le altre guide: cfr. ancora n. 24.84 Sono necessariamente già presenti, almeno in misura sufficiente, in coloro chesono risolti a perseguire la conoscenza.
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