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... whereof those in- finite disputations and speculations touching the supreme degree thereof , which they termed " Felicity , " " Beatitude , " or the " Highest Good " ( which were as the heathen Divinity ) , are by the Christian faith ...
... whereof those in- finite disputations and speculations touching the supreme degree thereof , which they termed " Felicity , " " Beatitude , " or the " Highest Good " ( which were as the heathen Divinity ) , are by the Christian faith ...
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... whereof the latter is in degree the greater and the worthier , because it tends to the conservation of a more general form . The former of these may be termed " Individual or Self - good , " the latter the " Good of Communion . " Iron ...
... whereof the latter is in degree the greater and the worthier , because it tends to the conservation of a more general form . The former of these may be termed " Individual or Self - good , " the latter the " Good of Communion . " Iron ...
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... two several appetites in creatures ; the one , to preserve or continue themselves : and the other , to multiply and propa Rhet . i . 5. 10 , gate themselves ; whereof the latter , which is active 10 TRANSLATION OF THE DE AUGMENTIS . "
... two several appetites in creatures ; the one , to preserve or continue themselves : and the other , to multiply and propa Rhet . i . 5. 10 , gate themselves ; whereof the latter , which is active 10 TRANSLATION OF THE DE AUGMENTIS . "
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... whereof the latter , which is active and as it were the promus , seems to be the stronger and more worthy ; and the former , which is passive and as it were the condus , seems to be inferior . For in the universe , the heavenly nature ...
... whereof the latter , which is active and as it were the promus , seems to be the stronger and more worthy ; and the former , which is passive and as it were the condus , seems to be inferior . For in the universe , the heavenly nature ...
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... whereof the last is that which we have just handled by the name of " Active good , " so that there remain only the two other goods which we have mentioned ; whereof that of perfecting is the highest ; for to preserve a thing in its ...
... whereof the last is that which we have just handled by the name of " Active good , " so that there remain only the two other goods which we have mentioned ; whereof that of perfecting is the highest ; for to preserve a thing in its ...
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