Theological Theses · §1799 · Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu

Whether intellect or will contributes more to freedom is left undecided, as Aristotle left it

Whether the intellect contributes more to man's freedom than the will, or the will more than the intellect, is not something the theologian needs to settle. Aristotle himself, the prince of today's philosophers, did not inquire into it closely.

So we too, along with some very learned theologians, leave the question open.

Latin

XLVII. An autem ad libertatem hominis plus conferat intellectus quam voluntas, aut voluntas plusquam intellectus, res est quam definire Theologi non interest, & cujus accuratiorem inquisitionem neglexit ipse hodiernorum Philosophorum Princeps Aristoteles, ac propterea nos illam cum doctissimis quibusdam Theologis in medio quoque relinquimus.

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