Theological Theses · §478 · Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu

Motion here means any operation — even actus perfecti

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Not the scholastic actus imperfecti alone.

Motion = any operation, including perfect acts.

Widens life-talk past mere locomotion.

Latin

III. In hac autem vitae definitione motus non sumitur stricte & prout a Philosophis definitur, Actus entis in potentia quatenus est in potentia, qui motus in subjecto necessario supponit aliquam imperfectionem, & propterea dicitur in scholis actus imperfecti; sed sensu generali per motum intelligitur operatio quaevis, & illa etiam quae est actus perfecti.

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