Proofs that God is also prove He knows
Deum-esse proofs force a knowing first cause.
Best/wisest cause sets ends and directs creatures.
World-order displays supreme knowing power.
Latin
I. Illa argumenta quae demonstrant Deum esse, eadem quoque probant illum esse intellectu & scientia praeditum: iis enim concluditur necessario dari causam primam, non tantum potentissimam, sed etiam optimam & sapientissimam, quae rebus singulis fines optimos praestituat, eisque commodissime & convenientissime ad finem suum quamque ducat atque dirigat, neque in Dei operibus quicquam clarius elucet, quam μιμητότατον ejus sapientia, quae corpora mundana, & varias in eis creaturas stupenda quadam arte fabricata est, & etiam prorsus admirando ordine inter se disposuit: adeoque necesse est ei inesse summam & excellentissimam vim cognoscendi & intelligendi.
About this text
Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu, Sedan Theses, newly rendered from Latin: from theology proper through the Roman theses I–77 and the Reformed theses of Part Two. The theses only — not the collected works.
English follows locked Pitt Latin through Imaginum CLOSED + Sanctorum Cultu Romana CLOSED + Pars Secunda Reformata I-XL. 1675 PDF ~384-390 (book ~370-376); Vision OCR + pdftotext + tess. No modern English. This slice densifies Sanctorum Pars Secunda I-XL. Next: Pars Secunda XLI–fin (~CI). Claim stays claimed (book densify not done).
Catalogue & scope
ESTC R17887; Wing L802. IA bub_gb_eOkHAW4G0-wC (+ EEBO 1675 for gap leaves). Densify through Sanctorum Cultu Romana I-LXXVII + Pars Secunda Reformata I-XL (Pars Secunda not closed; not whole folio).
Witnesses
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Theologia I-XLIII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
- Checked print Internet Archive PDF of the 1675 Pitt folio (Latin)
- Checked print pdftotext of De Theologia pages (Latin)
- Checked print Internet Archive DjVu OCR of the 1675 Pitt folio (Latin)
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Fide I-XXII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Authoritate Scripturae Pars I I-XLVII + Pars II I-XXXV + Pars III I-VIII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Scripturae plenitudine densify (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
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