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# Title: [Joh. Henrici Bisterfeldii, In Illustri, Schola Albensi, Theol. & Philos. Professoris, Philosophiae Primae Seminarium] Joh. Henrici Bisterfeldii, In Illustri, Scholâ Albensi, Theol. & Philos. Professoris, Philosophiæ Primæ Seminarium (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 1, Stück 1; ZEN Leibn. Marg. 1)
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C A P. ZVIII.
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quata polirire, quatenus est affectio
reti CHLIS
Principium est, non-caulale, vel
Caulale.
Principium non cautale, est a quo
principiatum est sine dependentia. SIC.
cermminus d guo, eAt principium mo-
cas. Tempus pracedens, eltprinci-
pium lequentis; NVox, Fuit princi-
Dium dicl.
Principium non- caulale, est tale,
vel ob suam impersectionem: ita nihil
ese principium omnium CreaTO.
rum; vel ob principiati perfectionem;
nunirum, quando principium cA
cranscendentalicer principiato cor-
relatum, icaur sinc eo elenequeato
Sic Deus Pacer eAt principium Filiis
noncaula, nils catachrestice loqui
velimus.
Principium causale est, a cujus ve
aliquid pendoi; dicirurque, causa.
Elinc igitur nova emeroicentis
distinctio; quod sit caula, vel cau-
latum.
Causo