§. 19.
Obiter de risu eb flebu.
Praetor istam quam modo dixh
nms animi explanationem, loquelam
inquam, aliae binae nominandae ve-
niunt de quibus minus adhuc extra
dubitationem positum esq num uni-
ceut loquela liomini conveniant, ut-
pote quod non ab eo iiiventae sed
ipsi connatae quasi sint, neque tam
ad rationis usum quam ad animi pa-?
themata pertineant; nsus nempe?
hilaritatis comes, et Jletus
— haec nostri pars optima
sens us.
v Labat
meritissimus ceteroquin SufsmiJch),
jam perspexit Hobbesius: The most
„noble and profitable invention o f all
„other, was that o f Speech, whereby men
,,declare their Thoughts one to another for
„mutual utility and conversation ,* with-
„out which there had been amongst men
„neither common- wealth, nor Society, no
„more than amongst Lyons, Bears, and
„Wolves." v. Ej. Leviathan pag 12. ed,
I6!**
Lacrumas quidem secernere mul-
ta praeter hominem animalia, tritis-
simum est. Quaeritur autem num
et ex moerore plprent. Asserunt
quidem de nonnullis idonei testes;
ut de phoca ursina Steller oj, de ca-
melis cl, Pallas p j . Ridendo, vero
hilaritatem manifesta re bruta animan-
tia magis dubium videtur; etsi passim
ab auctoribus exempla notata
sint. Le Cat v. c. simiam satyrum
angolensem et plorantem et ridem
tem vidisse asserit q j .
§» 20,
V. Morbi maxime memorabiles ho-
mini proprii,
Quamquam haec pathologicapri-
mo intuitu minus ad historiam hominis
0) nov. comment. acad. scient. Petropolit,
T . I{ pag. 353.
ƒ>) v. Ej. Nachrichten über die Mongolischen
Völkerschaften. T I. p. 177,
q) v. Ej. Traité de l'Existence du fluide des
tierfs pag. 35.