Lull's Book of Propositions

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Gluttony I.

Question 1: Is gluttony a likeness and figure of nothingness?

Question 2: Does gluttony depend more on the will than on the intellect?

Solution: [Gluttony, avarice, temperance][Beginning, end, contrariety.][C.D.H.]


Lust K.

Question 1: Does lust first arise in the senses or in the intellect?

Question 2: Does lust first arise in the intellect, or in the will?

Solution: [Lust, avarice, accidy.][God, concordance, contrariety.][Fire, water.]


Avarice L.

Question 1: Does avarice arise in essential will, or in the will?

Question 2: Is avarice greater in contrariety than in concordance?

Solution: [Avarice, accidy, prudence.][God, concordance, contrariety.][Essential will, substance, accident.]


Accidy M.

Question 1: Does accidy repel charity more strongly than humility repels conceit?

Question 2: Is accidy greater in unwillingness than in unwillingness?

Solution: [Accidy, lust, conceit.][Majority, minority, affirmation.][Goodness, will, generosity.]


Conceit N.

Question 1: Does pride originate in the soul's being or in its powers?

Question 2: Is there greater magnitude in conceit than in avarice?

Solution: [Conceit, avarice, accidy][Operation, beginning, end.][Virtue, operation, motion.]


Envy O.

Question 1: Is envy greater in nothingness than in being?

Question 2: Can envy be mortified more by charity than by justice?

Solution: [Envy, gluttony, conceit.][Majority, equality, negation.]


Wrath P.

Question 1: Is wrath closer to the soul's being than to its powers?

Question 2: Is wrath more repugnant to charity than to fortitude?

Solution: [Wrath, accidy, envy.][Creature, operation, beginning.][Being, form, virtue.]