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communicate_v aquin._n in_o areop_n locum_fw-la omnis_fw-la virtus_fw-la creatae_fw-la naturae_fw-la habet_fw-la terminos_fw-la suos_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la potentia_fw-la visiva_fw-la potest_fw-la aliud_fw-la cognoscere_fw-la quam_fw-la lucem_fw-la &_o colores_fw-la nec_fw-la auditiva_fw-la praeter_fw-la sonos_fw-la nec_fw-la intellectus_fw-la noster_fw-la potest_fw-la naturaliter_fw-la aliud_fw-la intelligere_fw-la quam_fw-la naturalia_fw-la &_o ea_fw-la quae_fw-la per_fw-la naturalia_fw-la quoquo_fw-la modo_fw-la cognosci_fw-la possunt_fw-la sicut_fw-la ergo_fw-la potentia_fw-la visiva_fw-la de_fw-la sonis_fw-la nullum_fw-la potest_fw-la dare_v judicium_fw-la nec_fw-la auditiva_fw-la de_fw-la coloribus_fw-la ita_fw-la nec_fw-la homo_fw-la animalis_fw-la nec_fw-la carnalis_fw-la qui_fw-la caret_fw-la lumine_fw-la supernaturali_fw-la potest_fw-la de_fw-la spiritualibus_fw-la certum_fw-la judicium_fw-la dare_n quia_fw-la autem_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la habet_fw-la lumen_fw-la 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