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Lull's Book of
Propositions
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7 - Fig. Philosophy.
The Purpose of the Figure of Philosophy
The figure of Philosophy in this Art is a mirror of Theology and allows the intellect to investigate
and judge any particular matter in its universality by considering
created species and the likenesses that A. transmits to them as well as the species that creatures produce
through their acts: for instance, the intelligence of
creatures is a likeness of A. inasmuch as it is an intelligence that understands, but inasmuch as it
lacks understanding, it produces an unlikeness of A. and of
itself. With this in mind, the propositions of Philosophy were devised for investigating particular
matters and judging them in their universal context, where
Philosophy reflects Theology.
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