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{2p09 Idea
rei singularis causa}
... non quatenus infinitus est sed quatenus alia rei singularis
actu existentis idea affectus consideratur ... a
mantra about how exactly
finite perishable things are caused by the absolutely infinite hence eternal God ... |
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... The idea of an individual thing actually existing is caused by
God, not in so far as he is infinite, but in so far as he is considered
as affected by another idea of a thing actually existing, of which he is
the cause, in so far as he is affected by a third idea, and so on to
infinity. |
... Idea
rei
singularis
actu
existentis
Deum pro
causa habet
non quatenus infinitus est sed quatenus
alia rei
singularis
actu
existentis
idea
affectus
consideratur cujus etiam
Deus est
causa quatenus
alia tertia affectus est et sic in
infinitum. |
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... The idea of an individual thing actually existing is an
individual mode of thinking, and is distinct from other modes ... |
... Idea
rei
singularis
actu
existentis modus
singularis
cogitandi est et a reliquis distinctus
...
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... it is caused by God, in so far only as he is a thinking thing ... |
Deum quatenus
est tantum res
cogitans, pro
causa habet ... |
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But not ... in so far as he is a thing thinking absolutely, only in so far as he
is considered as affected by another mode of thinking; and he is the cause of
this latter, as being affected by a third, and so on to infinity ... |
... At non ... quatenus est res
absolute
cogitans sed quatenus
alio
cogitandi
modo
affectus
consideratur et hujus etiam
Deus est
causa
quatenus
alio
cogitandi
modo
affectus est et sic in
infinitum ... |
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... Now, the order and connection of ideas is (by Prop. vii. of this book) the
same as the order and connection of causes. Therefore of a given individual idea
another individual idea, or God, in so far as he is considered as modified by
that idea, is the cause; and of this second idea God is the cause, in so far as
he is affected by another idea, and so on to infinity ... |
... Atqui
ordo et connexio
idearum (per propositionem 7 hujus
{2p07}) idem est ac ordo et connexio
causarum; ergo
unius singularis
ideae
alia
idea
sive
[mng eqv] Deus quatenus
alia
idea
affectus
consideratur, est
causa et hujus etiam
quatenus
alia affectus est et sic in
infinitum ... |
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{2p11c mens partem infiniti intellectus Dei}
...the theory of percipere and inadaequate
percipere... |
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... when we say, that the human mind perceives this
or that, we make the assertion, that God has this or that idea, not in
so far as he is infinite, but in so far as he is displayed through the
nature of the human mind, or in so far as he constitutes the essence of
the human mind; and when we say that God has this or that idea, not only
in so far as he constitutes the essence of the human mind, but also in
so far as he, simultaneously with the human mind, has the further idea
of another thing, we assert that the human mind perceives a thing in
part or inadequately. |
...cum dicimus
mentem humanam hoc vel illud
percipere, nihil aliud dicimus quam quod
Deus non quatenus
infinitus est
sed quatenus per naturam humanae
mentis explicatur sive
[mng-eqv] quatenus humanae mentis
essentiam constituit, hanc vel illam habet
ideam et cum dicimus Deum hanc vel illam
ideam habere non tantum quatenus
naturam humanae
mentis constituit sed quatenus simul cum
mente humana
alterius
rei etiam
habet
ideam, tum dicimus
mentem humanam rem ex partesive sive
[mng-eqv] inadaequate percipere. |
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Equivalence claims involving
Deus |
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{1d06}
[notes] |
1. God
2. a being absolutely infinite-that is, a substance
consisting in infinite attributes, of which each expresses eternal and
infinite essentiality. |
1. Deum
2. ens
absolute
infinitum hoc est
substantiam
constantem infinitis
attributis quorum unumquodque
aeternam et
infinitam
essentiam
exprimit. |
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{1p17}
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1.
solely from the necessity of the divine nature 2. solely from the laws
of his nature, |
1. Ex sola
divinae
naturae
necessitate
2.
ex solis ejusdem
naturae
legibus |
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{1p19}
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1. God
2. substance, which necessarily
exists
3. [that of which] existence appertains to its nature
4. [that of which existence] follows from its definition
5. [that which] is
eternal |
1.
Deus 2.
substantia quae necessario
existit
3. cujus naturam
pertinet
existere
4.
ex cujus
definitione sequitur ipsum
existere
5. est
aeternus. |
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{1p19} |
1. the essence of the divine
substance
2. that which appertains to substance |
1.
divinae substantiae
essentiam 2. id quod ad
substantiam
pertinet |
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{1p24c}
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1. God is not only the cause of things coming into existence, but
also of their continuing in existence 2. in scholastic phraseology, God
is cause of the being of things (essendi rerum). |
1.
Deum non tantum esse
causam ut
res incipiant
existere sed etiam ut in
existendo perseverent
2.
(ut termino
scholastico utar) Deum esse
causam
essendi
rerum. |
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{1p25c}
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1. Individual things
2. modifications [Lat:
affectiones] of the attributes of
God 3. modes by which the attributes of God are expressed in a fixed
and definite manner. |
1.
Res particulares 2.
Dei
attributorum
affectiones 3.
modi quibus
Dei attributa certo et determinato
modo
exprimuntur. |
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{1p28}
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1.
Wherefore it must follow from 2. be conditioned for, existence and
action by God or one of his attributes, in so far as the latter are
modified by some modification which is finite, and has a
conditioned existence. |
1. sequi
2.
ad
existendum et operandum determinari a
Deo vel
[excl
exh]
aliquo ejus attributo quatenus
modificatum est
modificatione quae
finita
est et determinatam habet
existentiam. |
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{2d01}
[notes] |
1. body 2.
a mode which expresses in a certain determinate manner the essence of
God, in so far as he is considered as an extended thing. |
1. corpus
2.
modum qui
Dei
essentiam quatenus ut
res
extensa
consideratur, certo et determinato modo
exprimit |
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{2p01}
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1. Thought is an attribute of God 2. God is a thinking thing. |
1.
Cogitatio
attributum
Dei est
2.
Deus est
res cogitans. |
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{2p01}
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1. Particular thoughts 2. this and that thought 3. modes which, in
a certain conditioned manner, express the nature of God |
1.
Singulares
cogitationes
2.
haec et illa
cogitatio
2.
modi qui Dei
naturam certo et determinato modo
exprimunt |
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{2p02}
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1. Extension is an attribute of God 2. God is an extended thing |
1.
Extensio
attributum
Dei est
2.
Deus est
res
extensa. |
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{2p09}
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[about
ideas as
causes]
1.
Another idea 2. God in as far he is considered affected by another idea |
[De
ideis
quatenus
causis]
1.
alia
idea
2.
Deus quatenus
alia
idea
affectus
consideratur |
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{2p11c}
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[about
God]
1. so far as he is displayed through the nature of the human mind 2. in
so far as he constitutes the essence of the human mind |
[De
deo]
1.
quatenus per naturam humanae
mentis explicatur
2.
quatenus humanae mentis
essentiam constituit |
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{2p19} |
[About God and the human mind] 1. God has the idea of the human body 2.
[God] knows the human body, in so far as he is affected by very many
other ideas, and not in so far as he constitutes the nature of the human
mind |
[De
deo et
menti humane]
1. [Deus]
ideam
corporis humani habet
2. [Deus]
corpus
humanum cognoscit quatenus plurimis
aliis
ideis
affectus est et non
quatenus naturam humanae
mentis co constituit |
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{2p25} |
1. an adequate knowledge of the
external body is not in God, in so far as he has the idea of the
modification [Lat: affectiones] of the human body 2. the idea of the modification [Lat: affectiones]
of the human body does not involve an adequate knowledge of the external
body. |
1.
corporis
externi
adaequata
cognitio in
Deo non
est quatenus
ideam
affectionis humani
corporis habet
2. idea
affectionis
corporis humani
adaequatam
corporis
externi
cognitionem non
involvit. |
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{4p04} |
1.
God 2. nature |
1. Dei
2. naturae |
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{5p27} |
[It is the mind's highest virtue] 1.
to know God 2. to understand things by the third kind of knowledge |
[Summa
mentis
virtus est] 1.
Deum
cognoscere
2. res tertio
cognitionis genere
intelligere |
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{5p30} |
1.
Conceive things under the form of eternity 2. conceive
things in so far as they are conceived through the essence of God as
real entities 3. [conceive things] in so far as they involve existence
through the essence of God |
1.
Res sub
specie
aeternitatis
concipere
2. res
concipere quatenus
per Dei
essentiam ut entia
realia
concipiuntur
3. [res
concipere] quatenus per
Dei
essentiam
involvunt
existentiam |
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{5p42} |
1.
divine love 2. blessedness |
1.
amore
divino
2. beatitudine |