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Lull's Book of
Propositions
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2 - Figure A
The questions pertaining to the principles of A. in this volume, are divided into as many parts as there
are principles in A. and the solutions are found in the
cameras of these principles as each camera contains two questions, and these cameras are sure signs
pointing to the propositions that they contain, to
immediately provide the solution of each question. Now let us deal with the questions pertinent to goodness,
and the other principles in sequence.
Goodness B.
Question 1: Does divine goodness produce good in itself and in other beings?
Question 2: Does divine goodness produce its likeness in itself and in other beings?
Solution: [Goodness, greatness, power.][God, end, equality.]
Greatness C.
Question 1: Is divine magnitude infinite in every respect?
Question 2: Does the magnitude of God have power to act within itself?
Solution: [Greatness, goodness, power.][God, majority, affirmation.]{Fire, fire.]
Eternity D.
Question 1: Is it more proper to eternity to eternize than to create?
Question 2: In eternity, is there an active eternizer with immense velocity?
Solution: [Eternity, greatness, justice.][God, majority, affirmation.]
Power E.
Question 1: Is divine power as great in willingness as in unwillingness?
Question 2: Can divine power empower anything that divine will does not want?
Solution: [Power, perfection, justice.][God, concordance, end.]
Wisdom F.
Question 1: Does divine wisdom understand as much in understanding what it is, as in understanding what
it is not?
Question 2: Does divine wisdom intrinsically know its mode of understanding whereby it understands itself
to be free of any matter or accident?
Solution: [Wisdom, will, virtue.][God, operation, end.][Fire, fire.]
Will G.
Question 1: Can anything in God resist God's will?
Question 2: Are willingness and unwillingness equal in the will of God?
Solution: [Will, glory, simplicity.][God, end, equality.]
Virtue H.
Question 1: Does divine virtue specify anything in immensity, eternity and velocity?
Question 2: Can divine virtue be specified in generosity and simplicity, as much as in wisdom and will?
Solution: [Virtue, power, perfection.][God, operation, equality.]
Truth I.
Question 1: Is divine truth as great in its verifying as it is in its being?
Question 2: Is every true thing an effect of God's truth?
Solution: [Truth, justice, simplicity.][God, operation, end.]
Glory K.
Question 1: Can there be great perfection of glory without the glorifier and the glorified?
Question 2: Do the Saints enjoy greater glory in God's internal being, than in His external being?
Solution: [Glory, greatness, power.][God, operation, end.]
Perfection L.
Question 1: Is it inappropriate for the divine essence to have an act of perfecting?
Question 2: Would there be any perfection without the one who perfects, the one who is perfected, and
the act of perfecting?
Solution: [Perfection, will, virtue.][God, operation, majority.]
Justice M.
Question 1: Does divine justice justify its power in an immense, eternal velocity of goodness?
Question 2: Does divine justice justify itself independently of anything else?
Solution: [Justice, greatness, eternity.][God, majority, equality.]
Generosity N.
Question 1: Is divine generosity as powerful in divine magnitude as it is in divine wisdom and will?
Question 2: Has divine generosity given anyone all it could give him?
Solution: [Generosity, magnitude, will.][God, concordance, majority.]
Simplicity O.
Question 1: Can the power of divine simplicity be as great if it simplifies nothing, as when it simplifies
something?
Question 2: Is divine simplicity as great in its unifying power, as in itself?
Solution: [Simplicity, goodness, virtue.][God, operation, end.]
Nobility P.
Question 1: Is divine nobility greater in reality than in the rational mind?
Question 2: Does divine nobility have any form without action?
Solution: [Nobility, will, generosity.][God, creature, operation.]
Mercy Q.
Question 1: Does any quantity stand between divine justice and divine mercy?
Question 2: Does divine will have greater power than divine mercy in the magnitude of immensity, eternity
and velocity?
Solution: [Mercy, magnitude, eternity.][God, end, equality.]
Dominion R.
Question 1: Is God's dominion accidental?
Question 2: Why is dominion desirable, given that man was produced from nothingness?
Solution: [Dominion, magnitude, justice.][God, beginning, end.]
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