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of_o his_o own_o kind_n as_o total_o and_o adequate_o as_o one_o beast_n do_v generate_v another_o do_v not_o speak_v like_o a_o philosopher_n and_o beside_o do_v unjust_o disparage_v and_o disgrace_v his_o own_o lineage_n and_o violate_v the_o right_n of_o 〈◊〉_d creation_n chap._n xii_o a_o solution_n of_o the_o adversary_n objection_n together_o with_o some_o other_o of_o doctor_n daniel_n sennertus_n these_o former_a notandum_n have_v be_v premise_v we_o need_v not_o dwell_v long_o upon_o answer_v of_o objection_n for_o by_o they_o the_o way_n be_v open_v already_o and_o that_o which_o before_o have_v be_v deliver_v will_v not_o need_v any_o more_o than_o application_n object_n 1._o whole_a man_n be_v generate_v by_o man_n therefore_o all_o his_o part_n both_o soul_n and_o body_n and_o if_o both_o be_v generate_v than_o both_o be_v mortal_a answ_n whole_a man_n be_v generate_v by_o man_n i_o grant_v it_o therefore_o both_o soul_n and_o body_n be_v generate_v i_o distinguish_v that_o 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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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