Theological Theses · §613 · Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu

Adhesion grows with the moment of the thing — denying parents

Adhesion-certainty from the thing’s moment/gravity.

More tied to good, honor, or advantage → stronger cling, harder to tear away.

Example: rather concede anything than deny own parents (conscience, honor).

Latin

XV. Sed posterior ista certitudo nascitur ex momento & gravitate rei, quae quo magis facit ad hominis bonum, honorem, & commodum, eo quoque illam animus fortius apprehendit, & difficilius patitur se ab ea divelli. Sic vir cordatus quidvis aliud potius concedet, quam ut abneget proprios parentes; quia, scilicet, res est conscientiam attingens, & unde pendet ipsius honor & existimatio.

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