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fertur_fw-la semper_fw-la directè_fw-la est_fw-la verus_fw-la sed_fw-la cum_fw-la imaginatio_fw-la ejusuè_fw-la ratio_fw-la sit_fw-la modus_fw-la quidam_fw-la intelligendi_fw-la obliquus_fw-la procedens_fw-la per_fw-la rationes_fw-la &_o discursus_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la per_fw-la adaequationis_fw-la transformationem_fw-la idcircò_fw-la modus_fw-la iste_fw-la rationalis_fw-la est_fw-la intellectus_fw-la abusivus_fw-la &_o fallax_fw-la bonum_fw-la autem_fw-la rectum_fw-la unum_fw-la &_o verum_fw-la semper_fw-la uno_fw-la &_o eodem_fw-la modo_fw-la se_fw-la habent_fw-la in_o intellectu_fw-la quia_fw-la in_o intellectu_fw-la stant_fw-la in_o puncto_fw-la adaequationis_fw-la sed_fw-la malum_fw-la curvum_fw-la obliquum_fw-la falsum_fw-la atque_fw-la multiplex_fw-la fiunt_fw-la pluribus_fw-la modis_fw-la per_fw-la rationem_fw-la in_o parte_fw-la imaginatiuâ_fw-la certò_fw-la itaque_fw-la cognovi_fw-la rationem_fw-la in_o non_fw-la tà m_fw-la sublimi_fw-la pretio_fw-la habendam_fw-la ac_fw-la fuit_fw-la hactenus_fw-la magisque_fw-la quòd_fw-la in_o brutis_fw-la ratio_fw-la &_o discursus_fw-la non_fw-la obscurè_fw-la vigerent_fw-la nam_fw-la quòd_fw-la annosa_fw-la vulpes_fw-la callidior_fw-la sit_fw-la juniore_fw-la per_fw-la discursum_fw-la rationalem_fw-la experientae_fw-la reminiscentiâ_fw-la confirmatum_fw-la accidit_fw-la imo_fw-la ape_n numerant_fw-la and_o §_o 45._o agnovi_fw-la valedicendum_fw-la rationi_fw-la &_o imaginationi_fw-la tanquam_fw-la facultatibus_fw-la brutalibus_fw-la si_fw-la ad_fw-la solidam_fw-la veritatis_fw-la cognitionem_fw-la spe_fw-la trahamur_fw-la in_o profundum_fw-la cognovi_fw-la pariter_fw-la quòd_fw-la requireretur_fw-la facilis_fw-la traductio_fw-la intellectus_fw-la atque_fw-la transmutatio_fw-la placida_fw-la svi_fw-la ipsius_fw-la in_fw-la formam_fw-la rei_fw-la intelligibilis_fw-la quô_o puncto_fw-la scilicet_fw-la intellectus_fw-la pro_fw-la momento_n fiat_fw-la velut_fw-la ipsum_fw-la intelligibile_fw-la cum_fw-la autem_fw-la intellectus_fw-la perficiatur_fw-la intelligendo_fw-la nihilque_fw-la perficiatur_fw-la nisi_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la symbolum_fw-la secum_fw-la habet_fw-la in_o svi_fw-la naturâ_fw-la idcircò_fw-la collegi_fw-la intellectum_fw-la &_o intellecta_fw-la ut_fw-la talia_fw-la debere_fw-la esse_fw-la aut_fw-la fieri_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la naturae_fw-la debere_fw-la autem_fw-la hoc_fw-la fieri_fw-la extra_fw-la laborem_fw-la inquietudinem_fw-la
sed_fw-la cum_fw-la otio_fw-la in_o lumine_fw-la sibi_fw-la proprio_fw-la cum_fw-la abstractione_n orbatione_n &_o carentia_fw-la alterius_fw-la cujuscunque_fw-la auxilii_fw-la creati_fw-la and_o §_o 50._o istud_fw-la lumen_fw-la sive_fw-la sit_fw-la prorsus_fw-la supernaturale_fw-la sive_fw-la quod_fw-la intellectus_fw-la svi_fw-la naturâ_fw-la sic_fw-la accendatur_fw-la malim_fw-la experiri_fw-la quam_fw-la determinare_fw-la istud_fw-la unicum_fw-la saltem_fw-la scio_fw-la quòd_fw-la non_fw-la contingat_fw-la absque_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la quamobrem_fw-la sive_fw-la intellectus_fw-la transformetur_fw-la sive_fw-la se_fw-la ipsum_fw-la transformet_fw-la in_o simulacrum_fw-la rei_fw-la intellectae_fw-la sane_fw-la divino_fw-la auxilio_fw-la opus_fw-la habet_fw-la &_o quidem_fw-la singulari_fw-la quia_fw-la saltem_fw-la tunc_fw-la anima_fw-la intuetur_fw-la suum_fw-la intellectum_fw-la sub_fw-la forma_fw-la arrepta_fw-la in_o dicto_fw-la lumine_fw-la atque_fw-la in_o isto_fw-la svi_fw-la speculo_fw-la speculatur_fw-la se_fw-la ipsam_fw-la intellectualiter_fw-la absque_fw-la reflexione_fw-la alteritatis_fw-la sicque_fw-la concipit_fw-la rem_fw-la scibilem_fw-la unà _fw-la cum_fw-la omni_fw-la svo_fw-la esse_fw-la &_o proprietatibus_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la hoc_fw-la cognitionis_fw-la lumen_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la emanativum_fw-la extra_fw-la intellectum_fw-la sed_fw-la manet_fw-la intus_fw-la reflexum_fw-la super_fw-la intellectum_fw-la in_o omni_fw-la veritate_fw-la &_o certitudine_fw-la perfecta_fw-la perfectivum_fw-la and_o §_o 55._o 56._o 57_o ispa_n rei_fw-la intelligibilitas_fw-la est_fw-la nisi_fw-la adventus_fw-la &_o approximatio_fw-la unitatis_fw-la intellectus_fw-la &_o intellecti_fw-la etc._n etc._n quod_fw-la ut_fw-la clarius_fw-la exemplo_fw-la fiat_fw-la intelligens_fw-la intellectus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la diversus_fw-la ab_fw-la intellecto_fw-la aliter_fw-la quam_fw-la sicut_fw-la radius_fw-la lucis_fw-la directus_fw-la à _fw-la se_fw-la ipso_fw-la 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intuetur_fw-la omnium_fw-la proprietates_fw-la essentias_fw-la effectus_fw-la alteritates_fw-la distinctiones_fw-la atque_fw-la defectus_fw-la quo_fw-la igitur_fw-la semel_fw-la appulit_fw-la ista_fw-la cognitio_fw-la ibidem_fw-la flaccescit_fw-la omnis_fw-la rationis_fw-la nubilior_fw-la speculatio_fw-la &_o subsidium_fw-la prout_fw-la vice_fw-la versâ_fw-la supprimitur_fw-la verus_fw-la intellectus_fw-la sub_fw-la rationis_fw-la placitis_fw-la and_o §_o 60._o ostendi_fw-la sit_v alias_o in_fw-la totâ_fw-la naturâ_fw-la aristotelis_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la inanem_fw-la merasque_fw-la nugas_fw-la quantò_fw-la ergò_fw-la minus_fw-la ille_fw-la subsisteret_fw-la in_o areâ_fw-la intellectus_fw-la cujus_fw-la esse_fw-la &_o operari_fw-la pendent_fw-la ex_fw-la solâ_fw-la animâ_fw-la cogimur_fw-la namque_fw-la christiani_n credere_fw-la quod_fw-la intellectus_fw-la noster_fw-la sit_fw-la spiritus_fw-la immortalis_fw-la lumen_fw-la &_o imago_fw-la omnipotentis_fw-la cujus_fw-la exordium_n ut_fw-la superat_fw-la naturam_fw-la itae_fw-la ejus_fw-la regulis_fw-la aptari_fw-la nequit_fw-la cum_fw-la habeat_fw-la esse_fw-la simplicissimum_fw-la tum_fw-la etiam_fw-la quod_fw-la depâ—ndeat_fw-la immediatè_fw-la totaliter_fw-la &_o continuo_fw-la à _fw-la svo_fw-la originali_fw-la typo_fw-la adeoque_fw-la ut_fw-la sine_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la particulari_fw-la nequeat_fw-la quicquam_fw-la intelligere_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la intellectus_fw-la objectum_fw-la sit_fw-la ipsa_fw-la veritas_fw-la quare_fw-la nec_fw-la intelligit_fw-la intellectione_fw-la perfecta_fw-la nisi_fw-la recipiendo_fw-la quod_fw-la autem_fw-la tantum_fw-la recipit_fw-la id_fw-la patitur_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la agit_fw-fr nec_fw-la enim_fw-la intellectui_fw-la proprium_fw-la illud_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la per_fw-la gratiam_fw-la illi_fw-la advenit_fw-la quip_n intellectus_fw-la tantum_fw-la illuminative_a intelligendo_fw-la patitur_fw-la est_fw-la namque_fw-la molestius_fw-la servilius_fw-la &_o obscurius_fw-la intelligendo_fw-la operari_fw-la quam_fw-la pati_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la patiendo_fw-la recipiat_fw-la lumen_fw-la nobilius_fw-la grate_v collatum_fw-la denique_fw-la cum_fw-la intelligendo_fw-la transmigret_fw-la semper_fw-la in_o formam_fw-la rei_fw-la intellectae_fw-la ergò_fw-la participans_fw-la de_fw-la lumine_fw-la interminato_fw-la perficitur_fw-la absque_fw-la taedio_fw-la molestia_fw-la &_o labour_v intelligendi_fw-la lucetqve_fw-la intellectum_fw-la lumen_fw-la intelligendo_fw-la intellectus_fw-la lumine_fw-la sic_fw-la vt_fw-la res_fw-la ipsaenos_n alloqvi_fw-la videantur_fw-la sine_fw-la verbis_fw-la easqve_n penetrate_v intellectus_fw-la clausas_fw-la non_fw-fr secus_fw-la ac_fw-la si_fw-it dissectae_fw-la essent_fw-la et_fw-la apertae_fw-la ergo_fw-la semper_fw-la perficitur_fw-la intellectus_fw-la patiendo_fw-la recipiendoque_fw-la and_o §_o 63._o ego_fw-la credo_fw-la imprimis_fw-la nil_fw-la ad_fw-la veritatis_fw-la cognitionem_fw-la pertingere_fw-la nisi_fw-la fidem_fw-la &_o intellectum_fw-la 2._o omnem_fw-la veritatem_fw-la emanare_fw-la ex_fw-la veritate_fw-la unica_fw-la ideoque_fw-la primitiuâ_fw-la 3._o omnen_fw-mi intellectum_fw-la ex_fw-la unico_fw-la infinitoque_fw-la intellectu_fw-la derivare_fw-la 4._o prout_n omne_fw-la lumen_fw-la ex_fw-la unico_fw-la lumine_fw-la 5._o veritatis_fw-la ideo_fw-la essentiam_fw-la nil_fw-la discrepare_fw-la ab_fw-la essentia_fw-la intellectus_fw-la 6._o quod_fw-la intellectus_fw-la noster_fw-la sit_fw-la inanis_fw-la vacuus_fw-la pauper_fw-la &_o obscurus_fw-la 7._o quod_fw-la omnis_fw-la ejus_fw-la claritas_fw-la nobilitas_fw-la plenitudo_fw-la lumen_fw-la veritasque_fw-la illi_fw-la adveniant_fw-la recipiendo_fw-la &_o patiendo_fw-la 8._o quod_fw-la eo_fw-la plus_fw-la nobilititur_fw-la quò_fw-la plus_fw-la patitur_fw-la a_o lumine_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la supra_fw-la omnem_fw-la naturam_fw-la now_o if_o the_o desirous_a seeker_n of_o truth_n shall_v follow_v this_o 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