‘Greater’ and ‘lesser’ belong to the defined category of quantity. But quantity is not only incapable of…
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‘Greater’ and ‘lesser’ belong to the defined category of quantity.But quantity is not only incapable of receiving contraries—which it has in common with quality and other categories—it also has no contrary, which it has in common with the definition of substance.Good and evil, however, are contraries.
Qui miratur quia creatura Dei subditur diabolo, non miretur; subditur enim creatura Dei creaturae Dei, minor maiori
minor maiori
Quia maior et minor ad finitam speciem pertinet quantitatis? Sed quantitas - inquis - non solum contrariorum capax non est, quod ei cum qualitate atque aliis praedicamentis; verum etiam nec contrarium habet, quod ei cum substantiae est definitione commune: bonum vero et malum contraria sunt