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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. XXXI.
Visio primi Entis est ultimus fi¦nis,
& Beatitudo cujuslibet
substantiae spiritualis.
a 1.1 CUm enim quò effecta
plura, & perfect ùs cog∣noscuntur,
eò persectio causae
magis penetretur, substantiae
autem spiritales cùm non ha∣beant
nisi intellectum, & vo∣luntatem;
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b 1.2 & voluntas ex or∣dine
naturae conformiter ad
intellectum operetur;c 1.3 & in∣tellectus
sit cognoscitivus om∣nium
quae connexa, sunt cum
existentiâ essentiae spiritû;d 1.4 &
haec omnia sin•• effecta primi
Entis, & per consequens per∣ficiant
cognitionem de primo
Ente, & reddant visionem ejus
magis amabilem, & aestimabi∣lem,
& tota ordinatio naturae
spirituum in his consistar;
palàm est, totam dispositionem
Naturae esse intrinse cè ordina∣tam
ad hoc ut spiritus concu∣piscat
Visionem primi Entis,
& per consequens eam adipis∣catur,
cùm concupiscentia haec
sit naturalis utpote ad quam
totus naturae cursus seu ordo
tendit. Est ita{que} Visio primi
Entis summum bonum,e 1.5 & finis
omnium substantiarum spiritu∣alium.