On the Imputation of Adam's First Sin · §629

Man. Post. Cap. IX: PLAC — logicians' definitions mark aptitudo not act (albedo / sight)

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In the same sense logicians usually note that words set in definitions mark an aptitude, not an act—as when whiteness is defined as a color that scatters sight, that is, that is born apt to scatter sight.

Latin

Eodem sensu Logici notare solent verba in definitionibus posita aptitudinem, non actum designare, ut cum definitur albedo, Color qui visum disgregat, id est, qui aptus natus est visum disgregare.

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English follows the locked 1661 Saumur Latin of Capita I–XIV partial through Man. Post. Caput IX (eph-ho / eph-ho pantes) before eph-ho / eph-ho pantes, reconstructed from IA PDF page images with Vision OCR and pdftotext as check. No modern English was copied. Cap. IX deepen+ remain.

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IA deimputationepri00lapl. Densify: Capita I–XII + Caput XIV + Man. Post. Cap. II–VI through Cap. X Rom. 5:14 tip. Not whole Disputatio; Cap. X Rom. 5:14+ / ~494 pp Disputatio remain.

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