intellectual_a ergo_fw-la the_o rational_a soul_n and_o every_o nature_n intellectual_a be_v to_o be_v perpetual_a according_a to_o the_o exigence_n of_o nature_n i_o say_v according_a to_o the_o exigence_n of_o nature_n and_o not_o according_a to_o any_o act_n of_o grace_n because_o if_o we_o be_v not_o so_o then_o have_v not_o the_o efficient_a wrought_v consequent_o to_o himself_o and_o to_o his_o own_o end_n wherefore_o see_v the_o skilful_a architect_n of_o nature_n know_v how_o to_o work_v conformable_o to_o the_o rule_n of_o reason_n and_o to_o proportion_v his_o work_n unto_o the_o end_n for_o which_o he_o make_v it_o it_o follow_v hence_o that_o every_o rational_a soul_n or_o substance_n intellectual_a be_v by_o the_o order_n of_o nature_n make_v up_o immortal_a and_o incorruptible_a and_o this_o consequence_n be_v therefore_o good_a because_o it_o be_v essential_a to_o felicity_n to_o be_v perpetual_a and_o to_o be_v a_o endless_a state_n of_o everlasting_a joy_n and_o 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our_o divine_n do_v show_v it_o plain_o as_o by_o name_n aquinas_n 1._o p.q._n 44._o a._n 3._o and_o 1.2_o q._n 5._o a._n 4._o &_o l._n 3._o cont_n gent._n c._n 62._o albertus_n seu_fw-la aegidius_n in_o compend_n l._n 2._o valentia_n tom_n 2._o d._n 1._o q._n 5._o p._n 6._o lessins_n l._n 3._o the_o sum_n bono_fw-mi c._n ult_n estius_fw-la 4._o d._n 49._o &_o as_o i_o persuade_v myself_o paravicinus_fw-la l._n de_fw-fr bono_n and_o all_o the_o rest_n forasmuch_o as_o of_o a_o certain_a true_a felicity_n ought_v to_o be_v devoid_a of_o care_n &_o sorrow_n &_o then_o see_v that_o which_o we_o possess_v with_o delight_n we_o can_v relinquish_v without_o sorrow_n &_o again_o what_o we_o love_v we_o can_v enjoy_v content_o without_o our_o be_v assure_v not_o to_o lose_v it_o forasmuch_o as_o the_o only_a dread_n or_o suspicion_n of_o be_v deprive_v thereof_o cause_n sorrow_n and_o be_v afflictive_a to_o the_o heart_n even_o as_o well_o though_o not_o as_o much_o as_o the_o loss_n itself_o and_o for_o this_o there_o be_v great_a reason_n because_o we_o do_v not_o desire_v alone_o that_o good_a which_o be_v felicity_n but_o beside_o to_o have_v it_o always_o and_o to_o be_v assure_v of_o it_o and_o therefore_o we_o be_v unsatisfied_a and_o in_o pain_n unless_o we_o be_v real_o happy_a and_o withal_o assure_v so_o to_o continue_v of_o so_o large_a a_o capacity_n be_v the_o spirit_n of_o man_n as_o that_o it_o rest_v not_o in_o that_o alone_a which_o be_v present_a to_o it_o but_o beside_o with_o swift-winged_a thought_n and_o fly_a affection_n overtake_v the_o future_a and_o thereafter_o as_o that_o same_o be_v apprehend_v to_o be_v good_a or_o bad_a please_a or_o unpleasant_a draw_v from_o it_o either_o comfort_n or_o affliction_n but_o why_o be_v it_o that_o a_o man_n can_v be_v happy_a for_o a_o season_n as_o well_o as_o miserable_a for_o a_o season_n jo._n pontius_n a_o late_a philosopher_n and_o follower_n of_o scotus_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o he_o may_v for_o so_o he_o determine_v q._n 6._o ethic._n con_v 3._o n._n 28._o to_o who_o i_o can_v by_o no_o mean_n assent_v because_o as_o cicero_n and_o boetius_fw-la do_v define_v felicity_n be_v such_o a_o state_n and_o such_o a_o good_a as_o full_o satiates_fw-la and_o iâ—_n replenish_v with_o all_o that_o be_v just_o desirable_a it_o be_v say_v cicero_n l._n 3._o tuscul_fw-la secretis_fw-la malis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la cumulata_fw-la bonorum_fw-la complexio_fw-la and_o boetius_fw-la l._n 3._o consol_n pros_fw-la 2._o status_fw-la omnium_fw-la bonorum_fw-la aggregatione_fw-la perfectus_fw-la wherefore_o it_o must_v consist_v either_o in_o all_o several_a good_n together_o or_o else_o in_o some_o one_o that_o contain_v and_o countervail_v they_o all_o wherefore_o though_o a_o man_n who_o be_v miserable_a now_o may_v be_v happy_a afterward_o yet_o he_o who_o be_v happy_a now_o can_v never_o be_v miserable_a afterward_o because_o happiness_n that_o be_v in_o be_v now_o exclude_v misery_n both_o present_a and_o future_a but_o contrariwise_o misery_n that_o be_v now_o in_o be_v although_o it_o exclude_v a_o present_a happiness_n yet_o not_o a_o happiness_n to_o come_v the_o reason_n of_o which_o disparity_n be_v because_o a_o true_a and_o perfect_a happiness_n include_v essential_o as_o we_o show_v before_o all_o good_a thing_n of_o which_o number_n a_o secure_a perpetuity_n be_v one_o as_o on_o the_o contrary_a side_n every_o state_n of_o misery_n do_v not_o of_o necessity_n include_v all_o evil_a thing_n or_o all_o the_o cause_n of_o infelicity_n and_o therefore_o not_o any_o perpetuity_n of_o they_o and_o for_o this_o reason_n it_o be_v that_o there_o be_v no_o repugnance_n why_o it_o may_v not_o have_v a_o end_n forasmuch_o as_o s._n dionysius_n define_v bonum_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la integra_fw-la causa_fw-la malum_fw-la ex_fw-la quocunque_fw-la defectu_fw-la see_v that_o more_o be_v require_v to_o the_o constitution_n of_o felicity_n then_o to_o the_o destruction_n or_o abolition_n 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to_o contemplate_v be_v capable_a of_o selicity_n and_o the_o more_o able_a to_o contemplate_v the_o more_o happy_a they_o may_v be_v and_o felicity_n extend_v itself_o as_o far_o as_o that_o and_o this_o not_o by_o accident_n but_o per_fw-la se_fw-la thus_o he_o the_o true_a reason_n then_o why_o beast_n can_v have_v no_o happiness_n be_v because_o they_o can_v possess_v nor_o enjoy_v themselves_o for_o want_v of_o a_o understand_a spirit_n within_o they_o and_o so_o proper_o speak_v though_o they_o can_v be_v or_o not_o be_v yet_o can_v they_o not_o have_v any_o thing_n at_o all_o nor_o contrariwise_o lose_v any_o thing_n and_o so_o neither_o be_v rich_a nor_o poor_a happy_a nor_o miserable_a i_o argue_v again_o to_o the_o same_o intent_n such_o as_o the_o operation_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v such_o be_v the_o nature_n of_o it_o and_o therefore_o all_o the_o proof_n for_o immortality_n draw_v from_o the_o natural_a operation_n do_v prove_v the_o soul_n
morte_fw-la &_o immort_a ferrariens_fw-la philippus_n faber_n collegium_fw-la complut_fw-la &_o other_o especial_o albertinus_n tom._n 1._o corol._n &_o alexander_n valignanus_fw-la apud_fw-la possevinum_fw-la tom._n 1._o biblioth_n select_a thomas_n carmelita_n l._n 11._o c._n 12._o the_o conversione_n gentium_fw-la bagotius_fw-la tom_n 2._o instit_fw-la d._n 4._o menasseh_n ben_n israel_n de_fw-fr resurr_n mortuorum_fw-la à _fw-la c._n 8._o zanchy_a the_o oper_n create_v l._n 2._o c._n 8._o fromundus_n l._n 4._o de_fw-la anima_fw-la carleton_n in_o philosophia_fw-la tract_n de_fw-fr anima_fw-la q._n 10._o morisanus_n in_o philosophia_fw-la tract_n de_fw-fr anima_fw-la quaest_n 5._o petrus_n gassendus_fw-la tom_n 1._o de_fw-la philosophia_fw-la epicuri_fw-la where_o he_o muster_v up_o all_o the_o objection_n make_v by_o lucretius_n and_o confute_v they_o all_o which_o man_n of_o learning_n do_v not_o only_o hold_v the_o reasonable_a soul_n to_o be_v a_o immortal_a substance_n but_o also_o that_o thus_o much_o may_v be_v prove_v of_o it_o by_o natural_a reason_n thom._n campanella_n in_o his_o metaph._n very_o copious_o this_o high_a preeminence_n in_o the_o soul_n of_o immortality_n we_o trace_v out_o chief_o by_o the_o operation_n of_o it_o as_o by_o so_o many_o step_n which_o lead_v unto_o the_o knowledge_n thereof_o because_o according_a to_o the_o rule_n in_o philosophy_n sicut_fw-la se_fw-la habet_fw-la res_fw-la ad_fw-la esse_fw-la sic_fw-la ad_fw-la operari_fw-la &_o sicut_fw-la ad_fw-la operari_fw-la sic_fw-la ad_fw-la esse_fw-la by_o the_o nature_n of_o any_o thing_n we_o may_v search_v out_o the_o operation_n and_o again_o by_o the_o operation_n the_o nature_n one_o of_o the_o chief_a operation_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v the_o act_n of_o understanding_n by_o the_o indication_n of_o which_o we_o learn_v it_o to_o be_v immaterial_a and_o again_o by_o the_o be_v so_o not_o to_o be_v corruptible_a or_o dissolvable_a by_o any_o natural_a agent_n or_o which_o be_v all_o one_o to_o be_v immortal_a these_o act_n or_o operation_n intellectual_a do_v by_o three_o way_n prove_v the_o immortality_n first_o because_o they_o simple_o be_v intellectual_a second_o because_o they_o terminate_v upon_o object_n spiritual_a and_o be_v apprehensive_a of_o they_o three_o because_o they_o fall_v even_o upon_o material_a object_n after_o a_o manner_n immaterial_a first_o according_a to_o aquin._n 1._o p._n q._n 14._o a._n 1._o valentia_n ibid._n raynaud_n nat._n theol._n d._n 2._o q._n 2._o a._n 3._o &_o aquin._n l._n 10._o con_v gent._n c._n 44._o and_o other_o no_o power_n or_o substance_n that_o be_v not_o devoid_a of_o matter_n can_v be_v intellectual_a nor_o again_o any_o object_n direct_o and_o immediate_o intelligible_a which_o be_v not_o also_o immaterial_a the_o reason_n be_v because_o corporeity_n or_o matter_n darken_v the_o power_n and_o confine_v it_o to_o singularity_n the_o word_n of_o petrus_n de_fw-fr aquila_n call_v scotellus_n 1_o sent._n do_v 35._o q._n 1._o be_v very_o pertinent_a and_o these_o by_o how_o much_o say_v he_o any_o thing_n be_v free_v from_o matter_n by_o so_o much_o be_v it_o both_o objective_o and_o also_o active_o intelligible_a because_o according_a to_o avicenna_n and_o aristotle_n immateriality_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o intellection_n but_o god_n be_v the_o most_o remote_a from_o matter_n and_o therefore_o be_v the_o most_o of_o all_o intellective_a wherefore_o since_o matter_n and_o corporeity_n be_v over-grosse_a to_o admit_v of_o intellection_n and_o that_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n be_v intellective_a it_o can_v be_v neither_o material_a nor_o corporeal_a but_o contrariwise_o of_o nature_n elevate_v above_o matter_n that_o be_v to_o say_v spiritual_a and_o incorruptible_a second_o the_o soul_n do_v not_o only_o understand_v mean_a object_n but_o the_o high_a and_o the_o pure_a of_o all_o that_o be_v to_o say_v all_o object_n spiritual_a and_o god_n himself_o i_o grant_v to_o aureolus_n that_o 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gross_a second_o because_o a_o spiritual_a entity_n be_v situate_a without_o the_o sphere_n or_o compass_n of_o the_o object_n as_o for_o example_n a_o angel_n be_v quite_o without_o the_o compass_n of_o any_o eye_n corporeal_a because_o he_o be_v such_o a_o object_n as_o be_v not_o visible_a but_o intelligible_a only_o that_o be_v to_o say_v perceptible_a only_o by_o a_o power_n that_o be_v high_a than_o any_o sense_n and_o proper_o intellective_a which_o the_o eye_n be_v not_o because_o material_a and_o a_o spirit_n be_v therefore_o imperceptible_a to_o our_o sight_n and_o beyond_o the_o line_n of_o the_o object_n because_o the_o object_n of_o the_o sight_n be_v colour_n figure_n magnitude_n etc._n etc._n none_o of_o which_o be_v in_o a_o spirit_n and_o though_o as_o arriaga_n teach_v in_o some_o kind_n a_o corporeal_a agent_n may_v act_v upon_o a_o spirit_n for_o a_o body_n unite_v to_o a_o soul_n as_o it_o be_v in_o man_n according_a as_o it_o be_v several_o dispose_v may_v transmit_v something_o upon_o the_o soul_n cause_n alteration_n in_o it_o contristate_n or_o rejoice_v it_o yet_o nevertheless_o can_v it_o not_o do_v any_o thing_n by_o way_n of_o vision_n because_o the_o soul_n have_v nothing_o in_o it_o wherewith_o to_o terminate_v the_o sight_n in_o which_o case_n it_o must_v be_v whole_o invisible_a even_o although_o it_o be_v no_o spirit_n but_o some_o other_o kind_n of_o entity_n as_o namely_o a_o sound_n be_v which_o though_o it_o partake_v of_o materiality_n yet_o be_v it_o invisible_a and_o therefore_o imperceptible_a by_o the_o eye_n though_o not_o by_o another_o sense_n for_o this_o cause_n it_o seem_v improbable_a that_o any_o corporeal_a eye_n can_v be_v enable_v to_o see_v the_o deity_n by_o mean_n of_o any_o elevation_n or_o sublevation_n whatsoever_o contrary_a to_o the_o opinion_n of_o a_o late_a learned_a grecian_a leo_n allatius_n l._n de_fw-la consen_v eccl._n occid_n &_o orient_a as_o than_o one_o reason_n why_o a_o eye_n corporeal_a can_v see_v a_o spirit_n be_v because_o the_o organ_n of_o vision_n be_v corporeal_a so_o on_o the_o other_o side_n one_o reason_n why_o a_o soul_n may_v be_v sensible_a of_o a_o spirit_n be_v because_o the_o soul_n be_v spiritual_a and_o thereby_o prepare_v to_o receive_v a_o impression_n from_o it_o and_o also_o be_v conformable_o to_o the_o object_n a_o power_n intellective_a as_o the_o same_o object_n be_v intelligible_a i_o say_v before_o that_o a_o sound_n can_v be_v see_v but_o i_o add_v now_o that_o it_o may_v be_v see_v easy_a than_o any_o spirit_n can_v because_o a_o sound_n be_v material_a and_o therefore_o one_o degree_n near_o to_o visibility_n then_o a_o spirit_n and_o for_o this_o cause_n need_v no_o intellective_a faculty_n to_o apprehend_v it_o as_o every_o spirit_n do_v so_o that_o against_o the_o eye_n see_v of_o a_o spirit_n there_o be_v two_o impediment_n whereas_o against_o the_o see_n of_o a_o sound_n there_o be_v but_o one_o out_o of_o all_o this_o i_o deduce_v that_o if_o the_o object_n be_v spiritual_a the_o faculty_n perceive_v must_v be_v no_o less_o three_o the_o soul_n do_v not_o entertain_v material_a object_n after_o a_o material_a manner_n but_o contrariwise_o after_o a_o manner_n immaterial_a for_o it_o abstract_n they_o from_o the_o dross_n of_o matter_n &_o the_o grossness_n of_o singularity_n now_o it_o be_v a_o certainty_n that_o vnumquodque_fw-la recipitur_fw-la secundum_fw-la modum_fw-la recipientis_fw-la every_o thing_n be_v receive_v according_a to_o the_o form_n of_o the_o recipient_a &_o not_o according_a to_o the_o own_o wherefore_o see_v the_o manner_n of_o be_v be_v correspondent_a to_o the_o manner_n of_o operation_n &_o see_v again_o that_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o soul_n operation_n even_o upon_o thing_n material_a be_v immaterial_a therefore_o the_o manner_n of_o be_v of_o it_o must_v be_v also_o immaterial_a the_o impression_n declare_v the_o figure_n of_o the_o seal_n if_o then_o the_o soul_n 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