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Metaphysics.
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"Euclides metaphysicus, sive, De principiis sapientiæ stoecheidea E. / Authore Thoma Anglo ex albiis east - saxonum." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A65783.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.
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Prop. IV.
Animal, ut animal, est Metaphy∣sicè
unum ens habens unicam
formam substanti lem.
a 1.1 CUm enim Animal existi∣memus
quod sentit &
movet seipsum ex passione
sensûs;b 1.2 tum autem sensus tum
motus quatenus Animalis à
cerebro pendeat originaliter,
palàm est, caecera omnia mem∣bra
cum cerebro conspirare ad
actionem Animalis, quatenus
animalis, &, per consequens
totum Animal esse instrumen∣tum
natum ad actionem cere∣bri,
hoc est, ad unam actionem
perficiendam.c 1.3 Adde, quod
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extra compositum nullum
animalis membrum retineat
actionem vel passionem ani∣malem;
Quare, patet Animal,
ut animal, esse unicum instru∣mentum
naturae. Quare,d 1.4 cùm
primum ens emanet entia per
compositionem essentiae cum
existentiâ, quatenus sunt par∣tes
Mundi & instrumenta Na∣turae,
e 1.5 habeant autem essen∣tiales
rationes ad unitatem
formae per conformitatem ad
idaeas in primo Ente, conse∣quum
est, Animal esse rigorosè
& perfectè unum Ens,f 1.6 &
habere unicam formam sub∣stantialem;
quod erat propo∣situm.