If the world were from itself it would be eternal — but motion and time are not
Aseity would mean an eternal world with no start of duration.
But this bodily world is in perpetual motion measured by time.
Motion and time cannot be from eternity — next theses prove it.
Latin
XXII. Et certe si mundus hic, & partes illae quibus constat, esset aliquid a se, & quod sui causam non haberet, aeternus quoque esset, & durationis initio careret. Nam quod est, & tamen nunquam productum est, necesse est semper fuisse. Etenim quod est, & aliquando non fuit, productum esse necesse est. Quod enim transit a non esse ad esse illud certe produci dicitur; sed fieri non potest, ut mundus hic corporeus & visibilis ab aeterno fuerit. Nam mundus hic est in perpetuo motu, ejusque duratio tempore mensuratur. Sed motus & tempus, quod motum consequitur, ab aeterno esse non possunt, quod multis modis demonstrari potest.
About this text
Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu, Sedan Theses, newly rendered from Latin: from theology proper through the Roman theses I–77 and the Reformed theses of Part Two. The theses only — not the collected works.
English follows locked Pitt Latin through Imaginum CLOSED + Sanctorum Cultu Romana CLOSED + Pars Secunda Reformata I-XL. 1675 PDF ~384-390 (book ~370-376); Vision OCR + pdftotext + tess. No modern English. This slice densifies Sanctorum Pars Secunda I-XL. Next: Pars Secunda XLI–fin (~CI). Claim stays claimed (book densify not done).
Catalogue & scope
ESTC R17887; Wing L802. IA bub_gb_eOkHAW4G0-wC (+ EEBO 1675 for gap leaves). Densify through Sanctorum Cultu Romana I-LXXVII + Pars Secunda Reformata I-XL (Pars Secunda not closed; not whole folio).
Witnesses
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Theologia I-XLIII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
- Checked print Internet Archive PDF of the 1675 Pitt folio (Latin)
- Checked print pdftotext of De Theologia pages (Latin)
- Checked print Internet Archive DjVu OCR of the 1675 Pitt folio (Latin)
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Fide I-XXII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Authoritate Scripturae Pars I I-XLVII + Pars II I-XXXV + Pars III I-VIII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Scripturae plenitudine densify (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
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