Theological Theses · §601 · Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu

Why the distinction matters — strong feeling, weak object (and reverse)

Watch the split: subjective max can meet objective near-zero.

Men often cling firmly to falsehoods or unfounded claims.

Conversely: object may deserve max certainty while assent is weak from mind’s fault.

Latin

III. Est autem haec distinctio apprime observanda. Nam quandoque certitudo subjectiva maxima est, ubi objectiva exigua, vel nulla: videlicet homines nimis quam saepe sibi firmiter persuadent ea quae, vel in se falsa sunt, vel quibus assentiendi nullum habent solidum & firmum fundamentum. Et contra ubi objectum certitudinem maximam exigit, debilis est mentis assensus, propter ejus aliquod vitium, aut defectum.

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