Theological Theses · §478

Motion here means any operation — even actus perfecti

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Not the scholastic actus imperfecti alone.

Motion = any operation, including perfect acts.

Widens life-talk past mere locomotion.

Latin

III. In hac autem vitae definitione motus non sumitur stricte & prout a Philosophis definitur, Actus entis in potentia quatenus est in potentia, qui motus in subjecto necessario supponit aliquam imperfectionem, & propterea dicitur in scholis actus imperfecti; sed sensu generali per motum intelligitur operatio quaevis, & illa etiam quae est actus perfecti.

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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