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Lull's Book of
Propositions
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Part 2
B.
Question 1: Is there any difference between B. and C.?
Question 2: Does B. produce its likeness in E. as much as C. does?
Solution: [B.C.D.][Difference, concordance, contrariety.][Faith, hope, charity.]
C.
Question 1: Is the appetite of C. greater through its action, or its passion?
Question 2: Does C. give influence with its form, and does C. need matter?
Solution: [C.B.E.][God, difference, majority.][Essential intellect, form, matter.]
D.
Question 1: Is essential unwillingness universal to not willing just as essential will is universal
to willing?
Question 2: Do willingness and unwillingness belong to the same power without any essential difference?
Solution: [D.E.I.][God, concordance, majority.][Essential will, being, virtue.]
E.
Question 1: Is the individuality of E. incorruptible after death?
Question 2: After separation from the body, does E. reside in the soul's powers or in the soul's being?
Solution: [E.I.R.][Beginning, end, majority.][Simplicity, operation, motion.]
F.
Question 1: Can F. discourse and seek particulars without H.?
Question 2: Can F. exist without B.?
Solution: [F.B.O.][Contrariety, beginning, end.][Water, water.]
G.
Question 1: Is there any difference between the essence of G. and the essence of C.?
Question 2: Is there a difference between the light of G. and the light of C.?
Solution: [G.D.H.][Difference, concordance, contrariety.][Air, water.]
H.
Question 1: Does majority accidentally agree with E. and minority with H.?
Question 2: Is H. originally as noble as D.?
Solution: [H.D.I.][God, creature, difference.][Fire, water.][Fire, fire.]
I.
Question 1: Was I. created by necessity, or through grace?
Question 2: Does a child first use I. before using E.?
Solution: [I.E.R.][Contrariety, beginning, end.][Interior, exterior, motion.]
K.
Question 1: Is K. a being that resists E.F.?
Question 2: Is K. produced from something, or from nothing?
Solution: [K.L.N.][Affirmation, doubt, negation.][Being, privation, defect.]
L.
Question 1: Is L. a creature?
Question 2: Does L. arise in essential intellect, or in the intellect?
Solution: [L.C.R.][Beginning, end, majority.][Essential intellect, substance, accident.]
M.
Question 1: Does M. need objects as much as D. and H. do?
Question 2: Can M. influence its likeness with its light to the same extent that D. and H. can?
Solution: [M.D.H.][God, majority, minority.][Being, substance, accident.]
N.
Question 1: Do being and perfection play a greater part in N. than do non-being and imperfection?
Question 2: Should N. be more desired, or less desired?
Solution: [N.P.Q.][God, difference, end.][Being, perfection, imperfection.]
O.
Question 1: Does O. hold more likenesses of being than of non-being?
Question 2: Does the soul naturally need O.?
Solution: [O.P.R.][Affirmation, doubt, negation.][Faith, hope, charity.]
P.
Question 1: Is there more concordance or more contrariety in P.?
Question 2: Is P. subject to both being and non-being?
Solution: [P.D.H.][Contrariety, majority, minority.][Power, imperfection, object.]
Q.
Question 1: Can Q. ever revert to the same number?
Question 2: Is Q. more lovable than O.P.?
Solution: [Q.O.P.][God, creature, operation.][Substance, accident, virtue.]
R.
Question 1: Are B.C.D. mixed in the mixture of R.?
Question 2: Are B.C.D. corrupted in R.?
Solution: [R.E.N.][Beginning, end, doubt.][Essential memory, essential intellect, virtue.]
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