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# Title: [Tractatio Juridica De Joco, Vulgo Kälberey oder Schertz] Tractatio Ivridica De Joco, Vulgo Kälberey oder Schertz (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 41, Stück 20; ZEN Leibn. Marg. 41)
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C AD. T. DE 10OCO
um virtutis, grodtamen Factu impossibile esse, teltantur C:ce-
eo lib. 2. de Orator. Drintilianus Instit. Orator. lib. 6. cap. 4.
cum illi qui jocorum artem de rationem tradere conati tue-
rint, ita extiterint insulsi, ut illorum aliud nihil, quam insulsi-
tasrideretur.
TII. Ilaec sunt argumenta, quae pro ltabilienda nesatira
hujus qualtionis decilione afterri Colent; Dram parum illisro-
boris insit, probata contraria sententia demonstratum dabi-
Modovire- mus. Imonihil eadem nostrae sententia detrahere, rem ipsam
cur abusus. Paulo penitius inspicentiillico patebit. Immodicum siquidem
jocorum ulum, vel potius abulum ex nos damnamus, impro-
bantes exemplum Francisei Rabbelaesli, qui literis graecis lati-
nisqre instructissimus, et Medicina, quam prohitebatur, peritis-
simus, postremo omnistudio lerio omillo, totum se sula ac
vitx Colutae manciparit, d ridendi hominis, uti jactabat, artem
propriam amplexus, Demoeritica libertate, ac scurrili dicaci-
tate ritam Chinone in Callia rixit; cujus memoriam ita reco-
lit Thuanus lib. 6. de vita sua ad annum 1+8. Pa5. 95.
Sic vixi, ut vixisse mihi jocus, atque legenti
Quae vivus scripsi, sit jocus atque joco.
Per risum atque jocum, homini data vita fruenda,
Inter amarescit seria felle magis. (56.
Potius nostrum Facimus illud Viri militaris olim de Philolo-
phia enunciatum: Philo (ophandum esse quidem, led paucis;
qrodiplum Danxuser. de Judo aleae cap. 1. ludis applicuit, et
nos meliori jure de jocis dicere pollumus: focandum qridem
esse, ledpaucis.
IV. Omnino enim e rita humana Follere relle jocos,
tentiae affir- acerbius quiddam est ac durius, quam ut Faeile natura homi
num pati possit, neque minus lane prohibendus homo ani-
mum, laboris detatigatum, jocis aliisqre recreationibusretice
re, quam corpus cibo, cum joci animi cibus sint. L. eonli. L. cllius
de fust. (5 Fur. lib. 4. C. 4. dub. 13. Add. Arnold. Oculines Fthic.
de Virtut. Cardin. Sect. 2. Obligat. 6. 5. 9. Ion etenim expe-
dit, juxta ettatum Seneex de Franquill, anim. c. 15. aegraliter
Temper
assirmatur.
Rationes sen-
Mativa.