Theological Theses · §1199

Vasquez: fear can accompany determinate opinion; doubt is hesitation between both sides

Vasquez defines doubt as intellective hesitation between contradictories.

Fear is a reflex judgment that principles might fail—compatible with firm opinionated assent.

Latin

IX. Sic formidinem & dubitationem distinguit & explicat Vasquez: Omnis, inquit, formido sine dubitatione oppositae partis esse potest. Dubitatio enim est haesitatio intellectus inter utramque partem contradictionis, ita ut in neutra parte ei appareat convenientia extremorum inter se, in cujus cognitione assensus consistit. Formido autem non oritur ex dubio inter utramque partem contradictionis, si quidem esse potest cum determinato assensu opinionis: sed oritur ex judicio quodam reflexo, quo quis expendens principia, ex quibus deduxit assensum, judicat ea talis esse naturae, ut fortassis illud de quo est opinio in re aliter sit quam apparet: quod judicium esse potest extrinseca principia, & ita cum assensu determinato alterius partis reperiri supra monuimus. In primam secundae, Tom. 1. Disp. 200. cap. 8. sub finem.

About this text

Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu - Sedan Theological Theses, newly rendered from the 1675 London Latin. Covers De Theologia through Angelorum & Hominum Sanctorum Cultu Romana I-LXXVII and Pars Secunda (Reformata) I-XL. Not the collected folio.

English follows locked Pitt Latin through Imaginum CLOSED + Sanctorum Cultu Romana CLOSED + Pars Secunda Reformata I-XL. 1675 PDF ~384-390 (book ~370-376); Vision OCR + pdftotext + tess. No modern English. This slice densifies Sanctorum Pars Secunda I-XL. Next: Pars Secunda XLI–fin (~CI). Claim stays claimed (book densify not done).

Catalogue & scope

ESTC R17887; Wing L802. IA bub_gb_eOkHAW4G0-wC (+ EEBO 1675 for gap leaves). Densify through Sanctorum Cultu Romana I-LXXVII + Pars Secunda Reformata I-XL (Pars Secunda not closed; not whole folio).

Witnesses

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