Philosophy: unmoved mover, immaterial products, no imperfect parts
Aristotle: first unmoved mover — no body moves unmoved.
He makes angels and souls — so He is still more immaterial.
Bodies have imperfect parts; a-se first being cannot.
Latin
XIV. Sed praeter Scripturae sacrae testimonia, non desunt Philosophis argumenta quibus probent Deum esse incorporeum. Primo enim, sicuti demonstrat Aristoteles, Deus est primus motor qui omnia movet, ipse immobilis manens. Sed nullum corpus movet, quin moveatur ipsum, ut patet per inductionem. Ideoque Deus non potest esse corpus. Deinde inter res a Deo productas sunt substantiae immateriales, velut angeli, & anima humana, quae corporibus sunt praestantiores. Sed Deus est aliquid rebus quibusvis ab ipso productis longe praestantius atque nobilius. Ergo multo magis debet esse incorporeus & immaterialis. Denique quod corporeum est, aliquid in se continet quod non est omnino perfectum: nempe partes singulas ex quibus componitur: quarum unaquaeque minus quiddam est, & imperfectius quam ipsum totum. Sed cum Deus undiquaque sit ens primum & ex se, nihil in eo potest esse quod non sit omnino perfectum. Nam ratio nulla reddi potest cur in eo quod est a se, aliqua perfectio desit. Igitur Deus non potest esse corpus.
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
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Theologia I-XLIII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
- Checked print Internet Archive PDF of the 1675 Pitt folio (Latin)
- Checked print pdftotext of De Theologia pages (Latin)
- Checked print Internet Archive DjVu OCR of the 1675 Pitt folio (Latin)
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Fide I-XXII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Authoritate Scripturae Pars I I-XLVII + Pars II I-XXXV + Pars III I-VIII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Scripturae plenitudine densify (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
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