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Ars Brevis | | |
8. The Elementative
8. The Eighth Subject, or the Elementative
The principles and rules are in the
elementative in a specific way, and with
these it has many species, like gold,
silver and so on. Here is it definition: the
elementative is a power whose proper
function is to element things. Just as the
sensitive, it has common correlatives, and
particular ones as well, namely those of
fire, air, water and earth. They all have
their own correlatives, without which the
elements cannot exist, just as the
correlatives cannot be without the
elements which are the ultimate
foundation of the elementative. And due to
them, the elementative has points, lines
and shapes, length, breadth and height,
volume, qualities and complexions,
hardness, roughness, lightness, weight
etc. And here the intellect realizes that
the elements are actually present in
elemented things, but in a remote way. Or
else, elemented things would have nothing
to subsist on, nor would they belong to
the genus of substance, nor would they
have any form, matter, motion, instinct,
length, breadth, fullness, or any appetite,
which is quite impossible and absurd to
maintain.
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