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A61287 The history of philosophy, in eight parts by Thomas Stanley. Stanley, Thomas, 1625-1678. 1656 (1656) Wing S5238; ESTC R17292 629,655 827

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and_o deception_n and_o true_a and_o false_a judgement_n be_v only_o in_o thing_n contingent_a and_o mutable_a chap._n vi_o of_o one_o the_o same_o and_o diverse_a 2._o one_o be_v a_o affection_n of_o ens_fw-la not_o a_o substance_n as_o pythagoras_n and_o plato_n affirm_v but_o a_o categoreme_a predicate_v of_o every_o thing_n as_o it_o be_v ens._n to_o one_o be_v opposite_a many_o by_o privative_a opposition_n and_o therefore_o one_o be_v manifest_v by_o many_o as_o indivisible_a by_o divisible_a the_o privation_n by_o the_o habit_n for_o divisible_a be_v more_o know_v to_o sense_n then_o indivisible_a and_o multitude_n than_o unity_n to_o one_o be_v refer_v the_o same_o equal_a like_a to_o many_o di●ers_n ●●equall_a unlike_a 3._o thing_n be_v divers_a either_o by_o genus_fw-la or_o species_n by_o genus_fw-la those_o which_o have_v not_o the_o same_o matter_n nor_o a_o mutual_a generation_n or_o whereof_o one_o pertain_v to_o corruptible_a substance_n the_o other_o to_o 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necessary_o be_v some_o incorruptible_a and_o eternal_a substance_n not_o only_o that_o wherein_o that_o eternal_a motion_n exist_v the_o heaven_n itself_o but_o one_o substance_n which_o so_o move_v that_o though_o it_o remain_v its_o self_n movable_a yet_o it_o move_v other_o from_o eternity_n to_o eternity_n not_o have_v only_o the_o power_n of_o move_v but_o be_v continual_o in_o the_o act_n of_o motion_n for_o plato_n and_o the_o rest_n who_o conceive_v god_n to_o have_v do_v nothing_o for_o a_o great_a while_n err_v because_o that_o power_n be_v frustraneous_a which_o be_v not_o reduce_v to_o act_v beside_o motion_n will_v not_o have_v be_v eternal_a unless_o the_o move_a substance_n be_v not_o only_o eternal_a and_o in_o perpetual_a actual_a motition_n but_o such_o likewise_o that_o it_o can_v not_o but_o it_o must_v move_v always_o as_o be_v a_o pure_a act_n void_a of_o power_n hence_o the_o substance_n which_o cause_n eternal_a motion_n be_v void_a of_o matter_n for_o they_o 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thus_o be_v the_o first_o heaven_n eternal_a for_o it_o be_v move_v with_o eternal_a motion_n beside_o which_o there_o be_v something_o which_o always_o move_v and_o be_v never_o move_v itself_o and_o be_v eternal_a and_o substance_n and_o act_n chap._n viii_o of_o go_n 7._o this_o first_o mover_n move_v in_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o thing_n appetible_a and_o intelligible_a that_o be_v it_o so_o move_v other_o as_o itself_o remain_v immovable_a the_o motion_n of_o the_o first_o agent_n as_o it_o be_v the_o first_o efficient_a cause_n consist_v in_o that_o influence_n thereof_o whereby_o it_o concur_v effective_o with_o the_o inferior_a intelligence_n in_o move_v its_o own_o orb_n wherefore_o the_o efficience_n of_o the_o first_o mover_n be_v a_o application_n of_o the_o power_n of_o the_o inferior_a mover_n to_o their_o proper_a work_n wherein_o he_o concur_v with_o they_o active_o and_o independent_o thus_o the_o intelligence_n move_v the_o heaven_n not_o for_o the_o generation_n 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himself_o who_o be_v of_o all_o thing_n most_o admirable_a god_n be_v a_o eternal_a live_a being_n the_o best_a of_o being_n a_o immovable_a substance_n separate_v from_o sensible_a thing_n void_a of_o corporeal_a quantity_n without_o part_n and_o indivisible_a for_o such_o must_v that_o principle_n or_o substance_n be_v which_o move_v in_o infinite_a time_n nothing_o finite_a have_v infinite_a power_n all_o magnitude_n must_v be_v either_o finite_a or_o infinite_a finite_a magnitude_n can_v move_v in_o infinite_a time_n infinite_a magnitude_n there_o be_v not_o as_o we_o prove_v in_o the_o physic_n god_n be_v impossible_a not_o subject_a to_o alteration_n the_o first_o local_a motion_n which_o be_v the_o circular_a not_o be_v compatible_a to_o god_n because_o he_o be_v immovable_a it_o follow_v that_o other_o motion_n that_o induce_v passion_n or_o alteration_n and_o be_v late_a than_o local_a motion_n can_v likewise_o be_v competent_a to_o he_o chap._n ix_o of_o intelligence_n 8._o beside_o this_o first_o substance_n the_o mover_n of_o the_o first_o heaven_n th●re_o must_v likewise_o be_v other_o substance_n separate_v from_o matter_n eternal_a and_o immovable_a precedent_n over_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o inferior_a orb_n so_o that_o after_o what_o number_n and_o order_v those_o orb_n be_v dispose_v according_a to_o the_o same_o be_v these_o eternal_a move_n and_o immovable_a substance_n order_v from_o the_o number_n of_o the_o motion_n may_v be_v collect_v the_o number_n of_o the_o sphere_n and_o consequent_o of_o the_o substance_n move_v which_o according_a to_o aristotle_n be_v 47._o heaven_n be_v numerical_o one_o because_o the_o first_o mover_n be_v one_o it_o be_v a_o ancient_a tradition_n that_o these_o first_o substance_n that_o move_v the_o heaven_n be_v go_n this_o opinion_n be_v true_o divine_a but_o what_o be_v add_v that_o they_o have_v the_o shape_n of_o man_n or_o some_o other_o animal_n be_v only_o invent_v for_o persuasion_n of_o the_o common_a people_n for_o use_v of_o law_n and_o the_o convenience_n of_o life_n thus_o much_o may_v serve_v for_o a_o short_a view_n of_o his_o metaphysic_n theophrastus_n chap._n i._n his_o country_n parent_n master_n theophrastus_n succeed_v aristotle_n he_o be_v bear_v at_o erestus_n as_o exil_fw-fr plutarch_n laertius_n and_o other_o affirm_v a_o sea-town_n of_o les●os_n seat_v upon_o a_o hill_n as_o 13._o strabo_n describe_v it_o distant_a from_o sigrium_n 18_o stadia_fw-la his_o father_n be_v name_v melante_n as_o laert._n athenodorus_n affirm_v according_a to_o suid._n other_o leo_n by_o profession_n a_o full_a theophrastus_n be_v first_o call_v tyrtamus_fw-la he_o hear_v leucippus_n in_o his_o own_o country_n afterward_o go_v to_o plato_n and_o last_o become_v a_o auditor_n of_o aristotle_n who_o change_v the_o roughness_n of_o his_o name_n call_v he_o as_o suidas_n say_v first_o euphrastus_fw-la afterward_o theophrastus_n from_o the_o divine_a eloquence_n of_o his_o speech_n wherein_o as_o cicero_n 1._o pliny_n laertius_n 13._o strabo_n and_o other_o aver_v he_o excel_v all_o the_o
be_v twofold_a the_o two_o venus●●_n celebrate_v by_o plato_n sympos_fw-la and_o our_o poet_n sensible_a call_v vulgar_a venus_n intellectual_a in_o idea_n which_o be_v the_o object_n of_o the_o intellect_n as_o colour_v of_o sight_n name_v celestial_a venus_n love_v also_o be_v twofold_a vulgar_a and_o celestial_a for_o as_o plato_n say_v sympos_fw-mi venus_n sect._n viii_o venus_n then_z be_v beauty_n whereof_o love_n be_v generate_v proper_o his_o mother_n because_o beauty_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o love_n not_o as_o productive_a principle_n of_o this_o act_n to_o love_n but_o as_o its_o object_n the_o soul_n be_v the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o it_o as_o of_o all_o his_o act_n beauty_n the_o material_a for_o in_o philosophy_n the_o efficient_a be_v assimilate_v to_o the_o father_n the_o material_a to_o the_o mother_n sect._n ix_o celestial_a love_n be_v a_o intellectual_a desire_n of_o ideal_a beauty_n idea_n as_o we_o say_v before_o be_v the_o pattern_n of_o thing_n in_o god_n as_o 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their_o perfection_n sect._n xi_o the_o angelic_a mind_n desire_v to_o make_v these_o idea_n perfect_a which_o can_v only_o be_v do_v by_o mean_n opposite_a to_o the_o cause_n of_o their_o imperfection_n these_o be_v recession_n from_o their_o principle_n and_o mixtion_n with_o a_o contrary_a nature_n their_o remedy_n separation_n from_o the_o unlike_a nature_n and_o return_v and_o conjunction_n as_o far_o as_o possible_a with_o god_n love_n the_o desire_n of_o this_o beauty_n excite_v the_o mind_n to_o conversion_n and_o reunion_n with_o he_o every_o thing_n be_v more_o perfect_a as_o near_o its_o principle_n this_o be_v the_o first_o circle_n the_o angelic_a mind_n proceed_v from_o the_o union_n of_o god_n by_o revolution_n of_o intrinsical_a knowledge_n return_v to_o he_o which_o with_o the_o ancient_n be_v venus_n adulta_fw-la grow_v to_o perfection_n every_o nature_n that_o may_v have_v this_o conversion_n be_v a_o circle_n such_o alone_o be_v the_o intellectual_a and_o rational_a and_o therefore_o only_o capable_a of_o felicity_n the_o obtain_v their_o first_o principle_n their_o ultimate_a end_n and_o high_a good_a this_o be_v peculiar_a to_o immortal_a substance_n for_o the_o material_a as_o both_o platonist_n and_o peripatetic_n grant_v have_v not_o this_o reflection_n upon_o themselves_o or_o their_o principle_n these_o the_o angelic_a mind_n and_o rational_a soul_n be_v the_o two_o intelligible_a circle_n answerable_a to_o which_o in_o the_o corporeal_a world_n be_v two_o more_o the_o ten_o heaven_n immovable_a image_n of_o the_o first_o circle_n the_o celestial_a body_n that_o be_v movable_a image_n of_o the_o second_o the_o first_o plato_n mention_n no●_n as_o whole_o different_a and_o irrepresentable_a by_o corporeal_a nature_n of_o the_o second_o in_o timaeo_n he_o say_v that_o all_o the_o circle_n of_o this_o visible_a heaven_n by_o he_o distinguish_v into_o the_o fix_a sphere_n and_o seven_o planet_n represent_v as_o many_o circle_n in_o the_o 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but_o the_o body_n be_v in_o the_o soul_n the_o soul_n in_o the_o mind_n the_o mind_n in_o god_n the_o outmost_a place_n who_o be_v therefore_o name_v by_o the_o cabalist_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sect._n xii_o the_o three_o grace_n be_v handmaid_n to_o venus_n thalid_n euphrosyne_n aglaia_n viridity_n gladness_n splendour_n property_n attend_v ideal_o beauty_n thalia_n be_v the_o permanence_n of_o every_o thing_n in_o its_o entire_a be_v thus_o be_v youth_n call_v green_a man_n be_v then_o in_o his_o perfect_a state_n which_o decay_v as_o his_o year_n increase_v into_o his_o last_o dissolution_n venus_n be_v proportion_n unite_n all_o thing_n viridity_n the_o duration_n of_o it_o in_o the_o ideal_a world_n where_o be_v the_o first_o venus_n be_v also_o the_o first_o viridity_n for_o no_o intelligible_a nature_n recede_v from_o its_o be_v by_o grow_v old_a it_o communicate_v this_o property_n to_o sensible_a thing_n as_o far_o as_o they_o be_v capable_a of_o this_o venus_n that_o be_v as_o long_o as_o their_o due_a proportion_n continue_v the_o two_o other_o property_n of_o ideal_o beauty_n be_v illustration_n of_o the_o intellect_n aglaia_n repletion_n of_o the_o will_n with_o desire_n and_o joy_n euphrosyne_n of_o the_o grace_n one_o be_v paint_v look_v towards_o we_o the_o continuation_n of_o our_o be_v be_v no_o reflex_n act_v the_o other_o two_o with_o their_o face_n from_o we_o seem_v to_o return_v the_o operation_n of_o the_o intellect_n and_o will_n be_v reflexive_a what_o come_v from_o god_n to_o we_o return_n from_o we_o to_o god_n sect._n xiii_o venus_n be_v say_v to_o be_v bear_v of_o the_o sea_n matter_n the_o inform_v nature_n whereof_o every_o creature_n be_v compound_v be_v represent_v by_o water_n continual_o flow_v easy_o receptable_a of_o any_o form_n this_o be_v first_o ●n_n the_o angelic_a mind_n angel_n be_v many_o time_n express_v by_o water_n as_o in_o the_o psalm_n the_o water_n above_o the_o heaven_n praise_n god_n continual_o
adversary_n be_v falsity_n paradox_n soloecism_n and_o tautology_n sophism_n be_v solve_v either_o by_o distinction_n or_o negation_n thus_o much_o may_v serve_v for_o a_o slight_a view_n of_o his_o logic_n whereof_o we_o have_v but_o few_o book_n leave_v in_o respect_n of_o the_o many_o which_o he_o write_v upon_o that_o part_n of_o philosophy_n the_o second_o part_n chap._n i._n of_o physic_n not_o to_o question_v the_o method_n of_o aristotle_n book_n of_o physic_n much_o less_o their_o title_n as_o some_o to_o make_v they_o better_o agree_v with_o laertius_n catalogue_n have_v do_v and_o lest_o of_o all_o their_o authority_n with_o patricius_n we_o shall_v take_v they_o in_o that_o order_n which_o be_v general_o receive_v according_a to_o which_o next_o logic_n be_v place_v physic_n 1._o physic_n be_v a_o science_n concern_v that_o substance_n which_o have_v the_o principle_n of_o motion_n and_o rest_n within_o itself_o the_o physical_a book_n of_o aristotle_n that_o be_v extant_a treat_v of_o these_o nine_o general_a head_n of_o the_o principle_n of_o natural_a thing_n of_o the_o common_a affection_n of_o natural_a thing_n of_o heaven_n of_o element_n of_o the_o action_n and_o passion_n of_o element_n of_o exhalation_n of_o plant_n of_o animal_n of_o the_o soul_n chap._n ii_o of_o the_o principle_n of_o natural_a body_n 4._o the_o principle_n of_o natural_a body_n be_v not_o one_o as_o parmenides_n and_o melissus_n hold_v nor_o homoiomeria_n as_o anaxagoras_n nor_o atom_n as_o leucippus_n and_o democritus_n nor_o sensible_a element_n as_o thales_n anaximander_n anaximenes_n empedocles_n nor_o number_n or_o figure_n as_o the_o pythagorean_n nor_o idaea_n as_o plato_n 5._o that_o the_o principle_n of_o thing_n be_v contrary_a private_o opposite_a be_v the_o joint_a opinion_n of_o the_o ancient_n and_o be_v manifest_a in_o reason_n for_o principle_n be_v those_o which_o neither_o be_v mutual_o of_o one_o another_o nor_o of_o other_o but_o of_o they_o be_v all_o thing_n such_o be_v first_o contrary_n as_o be_v first_o they_o be_v not_o of_o any_o other_o as_o contrary_a not_o of_o another_o 6._o hence_o it_o follow_v that_o be_v contrary_a they_o must_v be_v more_o than_o one_o but_o not_o infinite_a for_o then_o natural_a thing_n will_v not_o be_v comprensible_a by_o reason_n yet_o more_o than_o two_o for_o of_o contrary_n only_o nothing_o will_v be_v produce_v but_o that_o they_o will_v rather_o destroy_v one_o another_o 7._o there_o be_v therefore_o three_o principle_n of_o natural_a body_n two_o contrary_n privation_n and_o form_n and_o one_o common_a subject_n of_o both_o matter_n the_o constitutive_a principle_n be_v matter_n and_o form_n of_o privation_n body_n consist_v not_o but_o accidental_o as_o it_o be_v competent_a to_o matter_n 8._o thing_n be_v make_v of_o that_o which_o be_v ens_fw-la potential_o materia_fw-la prima_fw-la not_o of_o that_o which_o be_v ens_fw-la actual_o nor_o of_o that_o which_o be_v nonens_a potential_o which_o be_v pure_a nothing_o 9_o matter_n be_v neither_o generate_v nor_o corrupt_v it_o be_v the_o first_o insite_fw-la subject_n of_o every_o thing_n whereof_o it_o be_v frame_v primary_o in_o itself_o and_o not_o by_o accident_n and_o into_o which_o it_o at_o last_o resolve_v to_o treat_v of_o form_n in_o general_n be_v proper_a to_o metaphysic_n chap._n iii_o of_o nature_n and_o the_o cause_n of_o natural_a body_n 1._o of_o being_n some_o be_v by_o nature_n as_o plant_n other_o from_o other_o cause_n those_o have_v in_o themselves_o the_o principle_n of_o their_o motion_n these_o have_v not_o nature_n be_v a_o principle_n and_o cause_n of_o the_o motion_n and_o rest_n of_o that_o thing_n wherein_o it_o be_v primary_o by_o itself_o and_o not_o by_o accident_n material_a substance_n have_v nature_n natural_a property_n be_v according_a to_o nature_n nature_n be_v twofold_a matter_n and_o form_n but_o form_n be_v most_o nature_n because_o it_o be_v in_o act_n 3._o of_o cause_n be_v four_o kind_n the_o material_a of_o which_o a_o thing_n be_v make_v the_o formal_a by_o which_o a_o thing_n be_v make_v or_o reason_n of_o its_o essence_n the_o efficient_a whence_o be_v the_o first_o principle_n of_o its_o mutation_n or_o rest_n as_o a_o father_n the_o final_a for_o which_o end_n it_o be_v make_v as_o health_n be_v to_o walk_v cause_n be_v immediate_a or_o remote_a principal_a or_o accidental_a actual_a or_o potential_a particular_a or_o universal_a etc._n fortune_n and_o chance_n be_v cause_n of_o many_o effect_n fortune_n be_v a_o accidental_a cause_n in_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v do_v by_o election_n for_o some_o end_n chance_n be_v large_a a_o accidental_a cause_n in_o thing_n which_o be_v do_v for_o some_o end_n at_o least_o that_o of_o nature_n they_o be_v both_o efficient_a 8._o nature_n act_n for_o some_o end_n not_o temerarious_o or_o casual_o for_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v do_v by_o nature_n be_v always_o or_o for_o the_o most_o part_n do_v in_o the_o same_o manner_n yet_o sometime_o she_o be_v frustrate_v of_o her_o end_n as_o in_o monster_n which_o she_o intend_v not_o 9_o necessity_n be_v twofold_a absolute_a which_o be_v from_o matter_n conditional_a which_o be_v from_o the_o end_n or_o form_n both_o kind_n be_v in_o natural_a thing_n chap._n iu._n of_o the_o affection_n of_o natural_a body_n motion_n place_n time_n 2._o motion_n be_v of_o a_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o such_o but_o may_v be_v such_o the_o way_n or_o act_v by_o which_o it_o become_v such_o as_o cure_v of_o a_o body_n which_o be_v not_o in_o health_n but_o may_v be_v in_o health_n be_v the_o way_n and_o act_n by_o which_o it_o be_v bring_v to_o health_n neither_o be_v it_o absurd_a that_o the_o same_o thing_n shall_v be_v both_o in_o act_n and_o power_n as_o to_o different_a respect_n for_o the_o thing_n move_v as_o water_n in_o warm_v be_v in_o act_n as_o to_o the_o heat_n which_o it_o have_v in_o power_n as_o to_o the_o great_a heat_n which_o it_o be_v capable_a of_o 7._o infinite_a be_v that_o which_o be_v pertransible_a without_o end_n such_o a_o infinite_a in_o act_n there_o be_v not_o not_o among_o simple_a body_n for_o the_o element_n be_v confine_v to_o certain_a number_n and_o place_n neither_o among_o mix_a body_n for_o they_o consist_v of_o the_o element_n which_o be_v finite_a but_o there_o be_v thing_n infinite_a potential_o as_o in_o addition_n number_v which_o may_v be_v augment_v infinite_o in_o division_n magnitude_n which_o may_v be_v divide_v infinite_o in_o time_n and_o continue_a succession_n of_o generation_n 3._o the_o property_n of_o place_n be_v that_o it_o contain_v the_o thing_n place_v that_o it_o be_v equal_a to_o and_o separable_a from_o the_o thing_n place_v that_o the_o place_n and_o thing_n place_v be_v together_o that_o it_o have_v upward_o or_o downward_o and_o the_o like_a difference_n that_o every_o physical_a body_n tend_v natural_o to_o its_o proper_a place_n and_o there_o rest_v place_n be_v the_o immediate_a immovable_a superficies_n of_o a_o continent_n body_n those_o thing_n which_o be_v contain_v by_o another_o body_n be_v in_o place_n but_o those_o which_o have_v not_o any_o other_o body_n above_o or_o beyond_o they_o be_v not_o proper_o in_o place_n body_n rest_n in_o their_o natural_a place_n because_o they_o tend_v thither_o as_o a_o part_n tear_v off_o from_o the_o whole_a 8._o vacuum_n be_v place_n void_a of_o body_n such_o a_o vacuum_n there_o be_v not_o in_o nature_n for_o that_o will_v destroy_v all_o motion_n see_v that_o in_o vacuum_n there_o be_v neither_o upward_o nor_o downward_o backward_o nor_o forward_o nor_o will_v there_o be_v any_o reason_n why_o motion_n shall_v be_v to_o one_o part_n more_o than_o to_o another_o moreover_o it_o will_v follow_v that_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o one_o body_n to_o make_v another_o to_o recede_v if_o the_o triple_a dimension_n which_o body_n divide_v be_v vacuous_a neither_o be_v the_o motion_n of_o rare_a body_n upward_o cause_v by_o vacuity_n for_o that_o motion_n be_v as_o natural_a to_o light_v body_n as_o to_o move_v downward_o be_v to_o heavy_a 11._o time_n be_v the_o number_n of_o motion_n by_o before_o and_o after_o those_o two_o part_n of_o time_n be_v conjoin_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o present_a as_o the_o part_n of_o a_o line_n be_v by_o a_o point_n time_n be_v the_o measure_n of_o rest_n as_o well_o as_o of_o motion_n for_o the_o same_o measure_n which_o serve_v for_o the_o privation_n serve_v for_o the_o habit_n all_o motion_n and_o mutation_n be_v in_o time_n for_o in_o every_o motion_n there_o be_v a_o swiftness_n or_o slowness_n which_o be_v define_v by_o time_n the_o heaven_n earth_n sea_n and_o other_o sensibles_fw-fr be_v in_o time_n for_o they_o be_v movable_a 14._o time_n be_v a_o numerate_v number_n exist_v not_o without_o a_o numerant_fw-la which_o
be_v a_o body_n matter_n be_v expert_a of_o quality_n but_o quality_n be_v not_o expert_a of_o matter_n categ●_n quality_n be_v the_o habit_n of_o that_o which_o be_v qualitative_a qualitative_a be_v take_v three_o way_n first_o for_o whatsoever_o have_v difference_n whether_o it_o be_v motion_n or_o habit_n and_o whether_o hardly_o or_o easy_o separaable_a in_o this_o sense_n not_o only_o he_o who_o be_v wise_a but_o he_o who_o stretch_v out_o his_o hand_n be_v qualitative_a the_o second_o signification_n include_v not_o motion_n but_o habit_n only_o which_o they_o define_v qualitative_a that_o be_v which_o have_v a_o difference_n endue_v with_o habit_n as_o a_o wise_a man_n or_o a_o arm_a man_n of_o these_o some_o be_v adequate_a to_o the_o measure_n of_o their_o pronunciation_n and_o consideration_n other_o not_o adequate_a these_o they_o omit_v those_o which_o be_v adequate_a equal_a and_o permanent_a they_o call_v qualitative_a as_o a_o grammarian_n and_o a_o wise_a man_n neither_o of_o these_o exceed_v or_o fall_v short_a of_o his_o quality_n likewise_o a_o lover_n of_o meat_n and_o a_o lover_n of_o wine_n be_v in_o act_n such_o as_o a_o glutton_n and_o a_o drunkard_n because_o they_o make_v use_v of_o those_o part_n which_o serve_v to_o this_o end_n be_v so_o call_v so_o that_o if_o any_o man_n be_v a_o glutton_n he_o be_v consequent_o a_o lover_n of_o meat_n but_o if_o he_o be_v a_o lover_n of_o meat_n he_o be_v not_o therefore_o immediate_o a_o glutton_n for_o be_v destitute_a of_o those_o part_n which_o he_o use_v in_o eat_v he_o want_v the_o act_n but_o not_o the_o habit_n quality_n be_v adaequate_v to_o qualitative_a in_o this_o last_o sense_n 3._o all_o quality_n be_v either_o cause_n and_o then_o they_o be_v call_v form_n or_o effect_n and_o then_o they_o be_v general_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d habituall_n which_o word_n antipater_n extend_v as_o large_a as_o the_o common_a accident_n both_o of_o thing_n corporeal_a and_o incorporeal_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d somewhat_o of_o habituall_n there_o be_v four_o kind_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o they_o reside_v in_o the_o mind_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o they_o fall_v from_o the_o mind_n into_o the_o voice_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o by_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o mind_n they_o be_v praedicat_v of_o any_o thing_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o they_o happen_v to_o subject_n categ_n habit_n be_v only_a thing_n unite_v but_o those_o which_o be_v conjoin_v by_o contiguity_n as_o a_o ship_n or_o by_o distance_n as_o a_o army_n in_o these_o there_o can_v be_v no_o habit_n nor_o one_o thing_n spiritual_a above_o all_o nor_o one_o reason_n whereby_o they_o may_v come_v to_o subsist_v within_o one_o habit_n it_o be_v common_a to_o quality_n of_o corporeal_a thing_n to_o be_v the_o difference_n of_o their_o substance_n ibid._n no●_n take_v several_o but_o contract_v into_o one_o notion_n and_o property_n of_o the_o mind_n nor_o by_o time_n or_o strength_n reduce_v to_o form_n but_o by_o its_o own_o tality_n according_a to_o which_o the_o generation_n of_o the_o qualitative_a subsist_v power_n a_o species_n of_o quality_n be_v that_o which_o have_v and_o give_v the_o faculty_n of_o exercise_v many_o accident_n ibid._n as_o prudence_n give_v the_o faculty_n of_o walk_v prudent_o and_o discourse_v prudent_o or_o according_a to_o some_o power_n be_v that_o which_o give_v the_o faculty_n of_o exercise_v many_o accident_n and_o which_o rule_v and_o govern_v the_o act_n subject_v unto_o it_o what_o aristotle_n call_v natural_a power_n ibid._n they_o name_v aptitude_n habit_n be_v intend_v and_o remit_v ibid._n disposition_n can_v be_v intend_v or_o remit_v thus_o the_o straightness_n of_o a_o wand_n although_o it_o may_v easy_o be_v discompose_v and_o bend_v be_v a_o disposition_n for_o straightness_n can_v be_v intend_v or_o remit_v likewise_o the_o virtue_n be_v disposition_n not_o in_o respect_n of_o their_o firmness_n and_o constancy_n but_o because_o they_o can_v admit_v of_o degree_n of_o more_o and_o less_o but_o art_n must_v either_o have_v firmness_n or_o not_o be_v disposition_n thus_o habitude_n be_v take_v in_o the_o latitude_n of_o the_o species_n disposition_n in_o the_o chief_a perfection_n of_o the_o species_n and_o in_o that_o which_o be_v the_o most_o it_o can_v be_v whether_o it_o be_v easy_o alter_v as_o the_o straightness_n of_o a_o wand_n or_o not_o chap._n xvi_o of_o quodammodotatives_n the_o three_o kind_n of_o thing_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quodammodotatives_n 30._o they_o differ_v from_o qualitative_n because_o matter_n be_v otherwise_o affect_v by_o habit_n otherwise_o by_o quodammodotative_n in_o this_o or_o that_o manner_n moreover_o qualitative_n be_v quodammodotative_n as_o to_o matter_n and_o conversant_a therein_o but_o proper_o quodammodotative_n be_v conversant_a in_o qualitative_n categ_n again_o as_o habituall_n may_v be_v say_v to_o extend_v further_o than_o habit_n so_o quodammodotative_n be_v large_a than_o qualitative_n for_o quodammodotative_n extend_v even_o to_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v quodammodotative_n as_o to_o other_o and_o include_v they_o but_o qualitative_n consist_v only_o in_o those_o which_o make_v a_o difference_n ibid._n this_o place_n boethius_n conceive_v to_o have_v the_o power_n of_o habit_n habit_n chief_o and_o universal_o be_v take_v three_o way_n first_o to_o be_v to_o itself_o and_o according_a to_o itself_o second_o in_o respect_n to_o another_o three_o of_o another_o to_o it_o that_o which_o be_v consider_v as_o to_o itself_o pertain_v to_o quodammodotative_n as_o armed_z for_o it_o be_v a_o habit_n of_o one_o self_n to_o one_o self_n that_o which_o be_v to_o another_o pertain_v to_o relation_n for_o a_o father_n or_o a_o right_a hand_n be_v say_v according_a to_o a_o habit_n not_o of_o themselves_o to_o themselves_o but_o of_o they_o to_o another_o but_o that_o which_o be_v of_o another_o to_o we_o as_o of_o a_o arm_a man_n be_v the_o habit_n of_o another_o to_o we_o pertain_v to_o habit_n to_o this_o head_n they_o reduce_v quantitative_n and_o quantity_n and_o their_o species_n place_n time_n and_o some_o species_n according_a to_o aristotle_n of_o quality_n figure_n and_o form_n as_o also_o action_n passion_n site_n habit_n chap._n xvii_o of_o quodammodotatives_n as_o to_o other_o the_o last_o genus_fw-la of_o thing_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quodammodotative_n as_o to_o other_o cat●g_v of_o these_o there_o be_v two_o kind_n relative_n and_o quodammodotative-relative_n the_o relative_n be_v oppose_v and_o distinguish_v from_o those_o which_o be_v by_o themselves_o and_o absolute_a the_o quodammodotative-relative_n be_v oppose_v to_o those_o which_o have_v a_o difference_n as_o for_o example_n sweet_a and_o sour_a and_o whatsoever_o be_v of_o the_o like_a kind_n be_v relative_n but_o quodammodotative-relative_n be_v as_o the_o right_a side_n father_n and_o the_o like_a for_o they_o have_v a_o difference_n in_o that_o they_o be_v characterise_v by_o difference_n according_a to_o some_o species_n as_o therefore_o there_o be_v one_o notion_n of_o those_o which_o be_v by_o themselves_o and_o absolute_a another_o of_o those_o which_o be_v consider_v with_o difference_n so_o some_o thing_n be_v relative_n other_o quodammodotative-relative_n the_o consequence_n of_o conjunction_n in_o these_o be_v contrary_a for_o with_o those_o which_o be_v by_o themselves_o coexi_v those_o which_o have_v a_o difference_n for_o those_o which_o be_v by_o themselves_o have_v some_o difference_n as_o white_a and_o black_a but_o those_o which_o be_v by_o themselves_o coexi_v not_o with_o those_o which_o have_v a_o difference_n sweet_a and_o bitter_a have_v difference_n whereby_o they_o be_v characterise_v yet_o they_o be_v 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