The meaning of quod necesse5/16/2023 ![]() ![]() (31) I now proceed to argue thus: Anything that is higher than any part of a circumference equidistant from its centre is remoter from that centre than any part of that circumference. ![]() Nunc arguo sic: Quicquid superheminet alicui parti circumferentie distantis equaliter a centro, est remotius ab ipso centro quam aliqua pars ipsius circumferentie: sed omnia littora, tam ipsius Amphitritis quam marium mediterraneorum, superheminent superficiei contingentis maris, ut patet ad oculum ergo omnia littora sunt remotiora a centro mundi, cum centrum mundi sit centrum maris ut visum est, et superficies littorales sint partes totalis superficiei maris: et cum omne remotius a centro mundi sit altius, consequens est quod littora omnia sint superheminentia toti mari et si littora, multo magis alie regiones terre, cum littora sint inferiores partes terre et id flumina ad illa descendentia manifestant. ![]() (30) If, then, it is impossible for water to be excentric, as was shown by the first figure, and also that it should have a hump, as is shown by the second, it must necessarily be concentric, and also symmetrical, that is equally distant from the centre of the universe at every point of its circumference, as is obvious. Si ergo impossibile est aquam esse ecentricam, ut per primam figuram demonstratum est, et esse cum aliquo gibbo, ut per secundam est demonstratum necesse est ipsam esse concentricam et coequam, hoc est equaliter in omni parte sue circumferentie distantem a centro mundi, ut de se patet. The Princeton Dante Project (2.0) - Questio de aqua et terra (30-39) ![]()
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