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‘common concept.
be known per se by every
sa common concept, then
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ibstractive cognition of God evi-
the sense alluded to above) that God isa being, is
on composed of abstrac-
we sense alluded to above)
ruth composed of noncomplex
ly and naturally, still,
the vision of God in as evident a way
ean be} with the vision of God. And this is because the same truth is
known more evidently when itis known tf
through one means alone,
cannot be known natural
SECOND ARTICLE
Thesis
€ question is understood in the second way, then I reply that God can
this sort
ately by God
another in reality. /49
QuesTioN 5ri) Firtu Quopitper
REPLY TO THE QUESTION
fe] answer to this question is certain, and itcan be proved from
‘an abstract
ina second way,
‘This second point is obvious. The frst poi
‘though it is impossible for the same cog}
the one judgment [viz., that the
Wi
nonetheless not impossible
fone judigment when the
when it does
since through an abstractive cogni
resent. /497/
mit is mot apparent that a thing is
18. primary oF
being, for example, Socrates exists!
19, The objector ap
hat attributes existence to some absote
that when 3
QuEsTION 5
onjEction 2
oBjEction 4
then God wou
Therefore, etc. (498!
REPLY TO OBJECTION 1
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not be able to pro-#6 FIFTH QvODLIBET
asserted to be by the proposition
‘an evident cognition of the
proposition ‘The thit
essary that the thing be present; otherwis
‘And now you posit that (the thing] is absent. And so from that assumption,
together with the evident cognition, there follows an obvious contradiction,
viz., that the thing is present and is [also] not present, And thus God cannot
‘cause an evident cognition ofthis sor
Nonetheless, God can cause an act of
ive. And through such an act of
b but this cannot happen
through an evident act.
REPLY TO OBJECTION 2
‘As for the next objection, I grant t
remains when the thing does not ex
be a partial cause of such an asser
the other causes. And so, since the
evident ass
REPLY TO OBJECTION 4
‘To the last objection 1 reply that God cannot produce an evident assent t0
because of the contradiction that would follow. For assent” connotes
that as they are conveyed to be by the proposition 10
question 6 47
alone’. And
fone case and in
a difference
act of judging?