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that_o it_o dissipate_v or_o shatter_v asunder_o all_o the_o part_n of_o the_o mix_a body_n on_o which_o it_o work_v to_o which_o it_o be_v consequent_a that_o it_o disgregate_n the_o heterogeneous_a part_n of_o it_o and_o congregate_n the_o homogeneous_a one_o from_o which_o latter_a effect_n of_o heat_n as_o be_v most_o obvious_a and_o discernible_a to_o mankind_n aristotle_n take_v his_o definition_n of_o hot_a thing_n thus_o out_o of_o rationality_n spring_v a_o solid_a and_o serious_a content_n in_o discover_v new_a truth_n which_o be_v the_o natural_a perfection_n of_o a_o soul_n and_o from_o this_o content_a a_o great_a degree_n of_o the_o love_n of_o see_v still_o more_o truth_n thus_o risibility_n spring_v from_o rationality_n the_o object_n of_o which_o be_v not_o a_o solid_a food_n nourish_v and_o dilate_v the_o soul_n as_o be_v this_o late_a which_o cause_v some_o increase_n of_o science_n in_o she_o but_o as_o it_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o light_a repast_n and_o recreation_n to_o she_o spring_v from_o the_o observe_v some_o trifle_a particular_n which_o be_v odd_a awkward_a and_o sudden_a or_o unexpected_a and_o withal_o not_o harmful_a or_o contristate_v 10._o in_o those_o subject_n which_o have_v many_o accident_n in_o they_o we_o must_v separate_a those_o accident_n from_o the_o subject_a and_o consider_v attentive_o according_a to_o which_o of_o they_o it_o produce_v such_o a_o effect_n which_o find_v we_o shall_v discover_v a_o proper_a cause_n and_o its_o proper_a effect_n for_o example_n put_v case_n we_o experience_v aloe_n purge_v choler_n we_o must_v separate_v its_o colour_n smell_v hardness_n bitter_a taste_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o its_o accident_n and_o endeavour_v to_o find_v out_o according_a to_o which_o of_o they_o it_o produce_v that_o effect_n and_o if_o we_o can_v find_v it_o do_v this_o precise_o as_o bitter_a we_o shall_v discover_v that_o bitterness_n be_v the_o proper_a medicine_n against_o choler_n and_o thence_o we_o can_v gain_v this_o certain_a knowledge_n and_o establish_v this_o universal_a conclusion_n that_o every_o bitter_a thing_n be_v good_a against_o choler_n according_a to_o that_o solid_a maxim_n in_o logic_n a_o quatenus_fw-la ad_fw-la omne_fw-la valet_fw-la consequentia_fw-la note_v that_o induction_n in_o such_o case_n give_v great_a light_n to_o a_o man_n already_o well_o verse_v in_o natural_a principle_n but_o this_o former_a maxim_n must_v be_v understand_v with_o this_o provisâ—_n that_o it_o be_v mean_v to_o hold_v per_fw-la se_fw-la loquendo_fw-la as_o the_o school_n phrase_n it_o that_o be_v if_o nothing_o hinder_v as_o it_o do_v often_o in_o the_o practice_n of_o physic_n for_o in_o mix_v body_n there_o be_v a_o strange_a variety_n and_o medley_n of_o accident_n or_o quality_n divers_a of_o which_o be_v of_o a_o disparate_a and_o sometime_o of_o a_o sub-contrary_a or_o contrary_a nature_n to_o one_o another_o so_o that_o it_o require_v a_o great_a sagacity_n to_o add_v to_o they_o such_o other_o mixt_n as_o may_v obviate_v their_o interfering_n and_o make_v the_o intend_a effect_n follow_v thus_o much_o of_o demonstration_n from_o the_o thing_n as_o it_o be_v active_a or_o from_o the_o efficient_a which_o be_v the_o first_o of_o the_o four_o cause_n 11._o demonstration_n may_v be_v take_v also_o from_o the_o matter_n or_o material_a cause_n that_o be_v from_o the_o thing_n or_o subject_n as_o it_o be_v passive_a for_o from_o the_o divisibility_n of_o a_o thing_n whether_o that_o divisibility_n be_v metaphysical_a or_o physical_a we_o may_v demonstrate_v the_o corruptibility_n of_o it_o which_o necessary_o follow_v out_o of_o the_o thing_n as_o it_o be_v divisible_a be_v therefore_o a_o property_n of_o it_o thus_o capable_a of_o admire_v be_v a_o property_n necessary_o infer_v rationality_n in_o its_o subject_a admiration_n be_v nothing_o but_o a_o suspension_n of_o the_o rational_a faculty_n at_o
contrary_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o change_n or_o motion_n therefore_o i'the_a first_n be_v can_v be_v the_o immediate_a cause_n of_o motion_n or_o change_n nor_o consequent_o of_o the_o first_o motion_n in_o nature_n 20._o the_o latter_a part_n of_o the_o former_a minor_n viz._n that_o a_o body_n can_v not_o have_v be_v the_o immediate_a cause_n of_o the_o first_o motion_n in_o nature_n be_v thus_o prove_v ce-nothing_a that_o antecedent_o to_o the_o first_o motion_n be_v not-moving_a or_o in_o rest_n 2._o can_v have_v be_v the_o immediate_a cause_n of_o the_o first_o motion_n in_o nature_n but_o la-every_a body_n antecedent_o to_o the_o first_o motion_n in_o nature_n be_v not-moving_a or_o in_o rest_n therefore_o rent-no_a body_n can_v have_v be_v the_o immediate_a cause_n of_o the_o first_o motion_n in_o nature_n note_v that_o this_o demonstration_n suppose_v a_o first_o motion_n in_o nature_n which_o be_v prove_v demonstration_n 4._o lesson_n vii_o other_o instance_n of_o demonstration_n thesis_n v._o there_o be_v a_o first_o self-existent_a be_v or_o a_o deity_n demonstration_n vi._n proposition_n i._o the_o notion_n or_o nature_n of_o ens_fw-la and_o of_o existent_n in_o creature_n and_o consequent_o of_o essence_n and_o existence_n be_v distinct._n da-every_a notion_n of_o which_o existent_a and_o not-existent_a may_v be_v true_o predicate_v be_v different_a from_o the_o notion_n of_o existent_n but_o ri-the_a notion_n of_o ens_fw-la in_o its_o first_o and_o proper_a signification_n take_v for_o a_o individual_a substance_n be_v a_o notion_n of_o which_o existent_n and_o not-existent_a may_v be_v predicate_v therefore_o i_o the_o notion_n of_o ens_fw-la thus_o understand_v be_v different_a from_o the_o notion_n of_o existent_n and_o consequent_o the_o notion_n of_o essence_n and_o existence_n be_v also_o distinct._n 2._o the_o minor_a be_v evident_a for_o we_o can_v true_o say_v that_o petrus_n est_fw-fr while_n he_o be_v live_v and_o as_o true_o say_v of_o the_o same_o peter_n that_o fuit_fw-la or_o non-_a when_o he_o be_v dead_a 3._o the_o major_n be_v no_o less_o evident_a for_o when_o we_o say_v petrus_n est_fw-fr or_o peter_n be_v existent_a be_v the_o notion_n of_o the_o predicate_v existent_a the_o same_o with_o peter_n the_o subject_a the_o proposition_n will_v be_v in_o sense_n formal_o identical_a and_o the_o same_o as_o it_o be_v to_o say_v what_o be_v existent_a be_v existent_a wherefore_o when_o we_o say_v petrus_n non_fw-la est_fw-la or_o peter_n be_v not-existent_a peter_n signify_v the_o same_o as_o existent_a it_o will_v be_v the_o same_o as_o if_o we_o say_v what_o be_v existent_a be_v not_o existent_a which_o be_v a_o contradiction_n proposition_n ii_o 4._o the_o notion_n of_o ens_fw-la abstract_n from_o existence_n or_o be_v indifferent_a to_o it_o and_o to_o nonexistence_n this_o need_v no_o far_a proof_n for_o in_o the_o two_o proposition_n late_o mention_v existent_a and_o not_o existent_a be_v true_o predicate_v of_o the_o same_o ens_fw-la viz._n peter_n which_o can_v not_o be_v unless_o the_o subject_n peter_n do_v abstract_n from_o both_o or_o be_v indifferent_a to_o both_o beside_o all_o the_o word_n which_o we_o use_v to_o express_v the_o notion_n or_o nature_n of_o any_o create_a ens_fw-la whatever_n do_v so_o perfect_o abstract_a from_o existence_n that_o it_o be_v neither_o express_v employ_v nor_o in_o the_o least_o hint_v in_o they_o as_o appear_v in_o the_o word_n lapis_fw-la quercus_fw-la bucephalus_n petrus_n raphael_n which_o give_v we_o not_o the_o least_o light_n or_o intimation_n that_o they_o be_v existent_a or_o not-existent_a proposition_n iii_o 5._o be_v there_o any_o inclination_n in_o create_a entity_n to_o one_o more_o than_o to_o the_o other_o it_o seem_v to_o be_v rather_o to_o not-being_a than_o to_o be_v for_o since_o peter_n even_o though_o possess_v of_o actual_a be_v be_v still_o no_o less_o capable_a of_o not-being_a it_o seem_v as_o if_o he_o have_v a_o particular_a natural_a tendency_n to_o not-being_a because_o though_o support_v formal_o as_o it_o be_v by_o its_o opposite_a actual_a existence_n he_o be_v notwithstanding_o no_o less_o a_o capacity_n of_o not-existing_a his_o original_a nothingness_n be_v so_o radicate_v in_o his_o nature_n as_o he_o be_v a_o creature_n that_o it_o stick_v to_o it_o and_o incline_v he_o to_o it_o even_o while_o he_o be_v proposition_n iu_o 6._o existence_n be_v no_o way_n intrinsical_a to_o any_o create_a ens_fw-la either_o essential_o or_o as_o a_o affection_n spring_v out_o of_o its_o essence_n this_o have_v be_v demonstrate_v prop._n 2_o d._n and_o 3_o d._n because_o every_o nature_n require_v all_o its_o intrinsicals_n and_o what_o follow_v out_o of_o they_o or_o be_v connect_v with_o they_o and_o be_v not_o indifferent_a to_o have_v they_o or_o not_o have_v they_o as_o ens_fw-la be_v to_o have_v or_o not_o have_v existence_n proposition_n v._n 7._o all_o create_v thing_n have_v their_o existence_n from_o something_o that_o be_v extrinsical_a to_o they_o for_o whatever_o have_v any_o thing_n and_o not_o from_o its_o self_n or_o from_o its_o own_o intrinsical_a nature_n must_v have_v it_o from_o another_o or_o from_o something_o that_o be_v extrinsical_a to_o it_o there_o be_v no_o three_o sort_n of_o cause_n imaginable_a which_o be_v neither_o intrinsical_a nor_o extrinsical_a that_o be_v which_o be_v neither_o its_o self_n nor_o another_o proposition_n vi._n 8._o no_o create_a ens_fw-la can_v give_v existence_n to_o another_o for_o though_o as_o be_v show_v former_o the_o virtue_n by_o which_o the_o ens_fw-la operate_v be_v the_o existence_n of_o that_o ens_fw-la yet_o it_o can_v work_v no_o otherwise_o than_o as_o the_o thing_n itself_o be_v or_o according_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o thing_n which_o have_v that_o existence_n who_o nature_n it_o actual_o imprint_n as_o it_o be_v on_o the_o subject_a as_o we_o find_v in_o fire_n heat_n in_o water_n moisten_v and_o in_o the_o whole_a line_n of_o universal_a causality_n again_o since_o the_o whole_a line_n of_o causality_n also_o bear_v that_o no_o cause_n can_v act_v unless_o it_o be_v first_o determine_v and_o as_o it_o be_v appropriate_v to_o work_v such_o a_o effect_n whence_o come_v those_o establish_a maxim_n that_o the_o course_n of_o nature_n be_v carry_v on_o by_o proper_a cause_n to_o proper_a effect_n and_o exit_fw-la indifferente_a nihil_fw-la sequitur_fw-la therefore_o see_v prop._n 2._o the_o create_v ens_fw-la to_o which_o such_o a_o existence_n belong_v and_o consequent_o the_o nature_n or_o essence_n of_o that_o ens_fw-la abstract_n from_o all_o existence_n and_o be_v perfect_o indifferent_a even_o to_o it_o be_v own_o and_o much_o more_o to_o the_o existence_n of_o any_o other_o ens_fw-la it_o follow_v demonstrative_o that_o no_o create_a ens_fw-la can_v give_v existence_n to_o another_o or_o be_v the_o proper_a cause_n of_o it_o therefore_o proposition_n vii_o 9_o there_o must_v be_v some_o uncreated_a cause_n that_o give_v existence_n to_o all_o create_a entity_n this_o be_v already_o 5.6_o evident_a since_o no_o create_a entity_n can_v have_v its_o existence_n either_o from_o its_o own_o intrinsical_a nature_n or_o from_o any_o other_o creature_n proposition_n viii_o 10._o this_o uncreated_a cause_n of_o all_o existence_n must_v be_v self-existent_a that_o be_v his_o essence_n must_v be_v his_o existence_n for_o be_v his_o essence_n indifferent_a to_o existence_n or_o existence_n accidental_a to_o he_o and_o not_o essential_a he_o will_v need_v another_o cause_n to_o give_v he_o existence_n for_o the_o same_o reason_n creature_n do_v and_o so_o he_o will_v not_o be_v uncreated_a therefore_o there_o be_v a_o first_o self-existent_a be_v or_o a_o deity_n corol._n iii_o hence_o it_o be_v see_v that_o all_o that_o create_v cause_n operate_v upon_o entity_n grow_v to_o maturity_n be_v to_o dispose_v to_o the_o not_o be_v of_o the_o thing_n they_o work_v upon_o by_o alter_a the_o matter_n so_o that_o out_o of_o those_o alteration_n bring_v to_o such_o a_o point_n the_o body_n cease_v to_o be_v any_o long_o of_o such_o a_o nature_n or_o kind_a and_o consequent_o lose_v its_o existence_n at_o which_o instant_a the_o providence_n of_o the_o first_o be_v so_o order_n his_o world_n that_o those_o determination_n of_o matter_n which_o be_v inconsistent_a with_o the_o former_a ens_fw-la shall_v be_v proper_a for_o the_o new_a ens_fw-la that_o be_v to_o succeed_v to_o which_o in_o the_o very_a first_o instant_a the_o other_o cease_v to_o be_v and_o this_o new_a one_o be_v ultimate_o determine_v to_o be_v this_o he_o by_o his_o bountiful_a and_o steady_a emanation_n of_o be_v give_v it_o such_o a_o peculiar_a existence_n as_o be_v commensurate_v and_o proper_a to_o its_o essence_n thesis_n vi_o a_o angel_n can_v undergo_v any_o change_n after_o the_o first_o instant_a of_o its_o be_v demonstration_n vii_o axiom_n 1._o if_o agent_n and_o patient_n be_v perfect_o fit_v
motion_n which_o be_v not_o in_o that_o instant_a begin_v or_o if_o they_o mean_v only_o its_o potential_a part_n or_o which_o be_v the_o same_o that_o one_o actual_a whole_a not_o to_o pose_v they_o by_o what_o virtue_n those_o potential_a part_n do_v formal_o cohere_v which_o without_o make_v divisibility_n which_o be_v quantitative_a unity_n or_o continuity_n the_o essence_n of_o quantity_n be_v impossible_a to_o explicate_v the_o question_n return_v and_o we_o demand_v how_o firm_o those_o part_n do_v cling_v together_o that_o be_v how_o dense_n that_o whole_o be_v and_o in_o what_o its_o density_n consist_v which_o we_o affirm_v must_v have_v be_v either_o in_o its_o intrinsical_a nature_n or_o such_o a_o degree_n of_o consistency_n which_o be_v in_o its_o be_v to_o such_o a_o degree_n more_o or_o less_o divisible_a by_o natural_a cause_n or_o in_o nothing_o again_o if_o density_n consist_v in_o the_o rest_n of_o its_o part_n and_o there_o be_v most_o perfect_a rest_n before_o 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nor_o consequent_o mutation_n rarity_n by_o motion_n let_v we_o search_v then_o far_o in_o what_o we_o can_v conceive_v it_o to_o consist_v or_o how_o it_o may_v be_v explicate_v now_o we_o be_v to_o note_v that_o all_o particular_a nature_n or_o notion_n be_v to_o be_v explicate_v by_o more_o common_a and_o general_a one_o if_o we_o go_v to_o work_v like_o philosopher_n for_o all_o ground_n and_o principle_n be_v make_v up_o of_o such_o notion_n as_o be_v common_a or_o universal_a one_o and_o to_o explicate_v particular_n by_o other_o particular_n be_v the_o way_n of_o proceed_v by_o similitude_n which_o may_v serve_v sometime_o to_o elucidate_n but_o never_o to_o prove_v or_o to_o resolve_v any_o thing_n or_o notion_n into_o its_o formal_a cause_n which_o belong_v proper_o to_o philosopher_n we_o find_v then_o abstract_v fâ—om_a rest_n and_o motion_n which_o be_v accidental_a to_o that_o matter_n no_o notion_n or_o nature_n in_o it_o that_o can_v be_v superior_a to_o density_n and_o 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intrinsical_a difference_n of_o every_o common_a notion_n be_v more_o and_o less_o and_o it_o be_v also_o evident_a from_o the_o very_a notion_n and_o from_o the_o consent_n of_o mankind_n that_o we_o call_v those_o body_n dense_n which_o be_v less_o easy_a to_o be_v divide_v or_o less_o divisible_a and_o those_o rare_a which_o be_v more_o divisible_a or_o more_o easy_a to_o be_v divide_v we_o be_v in_o a_o fair_a way_n to_o find_v out_o clear_o what_o rarity_n and_o density_n do_v consist_v in_o viz._n rarity_n in_o a_o excess_n or_o great_a proportion_n of_o quantity_n thus_o consider_v to_o the_o matter_n or_o subject_n of_o it_o and_o density_n in_o a_o lesser_a proportion_n of_o the_o same_o quantity_n to_o the_o matter_n that_o be_v to_o the_o subject_a of_o it_o according_a to_o the_o notion_n of_o it_o as_o matter_n nor_o do_v this_o more_o strain_v our_o reason_n to_o conceive_v this_o various_a participation_n of_o the_o same_o accident_n quantity_n than_o it_o do_v to_o conceive_v a_o thing_n to_o partake_v the_o quality_n of_o whiteness_n unequal_o and_o be_v more_o or_o less_o white_a for_o that_o maxim_n of_o quantitas_fw-la non_fw-la suscipit_fw-la magis_fw-la &_o minus_fw-la be_v mean_v evident_o of_o extension_n in_o regard_n that_o the_o least_o imaginable_a extension_n be_v add_v or_o abstract_v from_o the_o former_a must_v necessary_o vary_v the_o species_n 23._o that_o we_o may_v bear_v up_o more_o direct_o to_o our_o main_a thesis_n since_o rarity_n another_o or_o else_o density_n must_v necessary_o be_v in_o their_o first_o matter_n for_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o conceive_v it_o to_o be_v at_o all_o divisible_a by_o natural_a cause_n but_o it_o must_v be_v either_o easy_o or_o hardly_o divisible_a by_o they_o if_o we_o join_v to_o this_o that_o contraria_fw-la according_a to_o the_o maxim_n sunt_fw-la circa_fw-la idem_fw-la subjectum_fw-la it_o will_v and_o must_v follow_v that_o the_o same_o matter_n whether_o they_o or_o we_o that_o have_v a_o power_n in_o it_o to_o be_v less_o divisible_a or_o dense_n have_v also_o a_o power_n in_o it_o to_o be_v more_o divisible_a or_o rare_a and_o this_o not_o only_o in_o the_o first_o matter_n itself_o but_o also_o in_o every_o particular_a body_n in_o nature_n make_v of_o it_o and_o which_o have_v the_o nature_n of_o that_o matter_n in_o it_o whence_o result_v this_o conclusion_n that_o rare_a body_n be_v transmutable_a into_o dense_n and_o dense_n into_o rare_a and_o that_o therefore_o there_o be_v formal_a mutation_n in_o body_n according_a to_o these_o two_o primary_n quality_n and_o consequent_o according_a to_o all_o secondary_a quality_n too_o which_o as_o will_v be_v demonstrate_v in_o physics_n be_v make_v up_o of_o those_o primary_n one_o so_o that_o most_o of_o the_o effect_n in_o nature_n be_v carry_v on_o by_o formal_a mutation_n nor_o consequent_o can_v nature_n be_v ever_o right_o explicate_v by_o the_o denier_n of_o such_o a_o formal_a change_n 24._o let_v it_o 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