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The Ordinatio of John Duns Scotus
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Ordinatio. Book 1. Distinctions 4 to 10.
Book One. Distinctions 4 - 10
Eighth Distinction. First Part. On the Simplicity of God
Question Two. Whether any Creature is Simple
I. To the Question
A. The Opinion of Others

A. The Opinion of Others44

29. There is said here that ‘any creature at all is composed of act and potency’; that no creature is pure potency, because then it would not exist, - nor is any creature pure act, because then it would God.

30. Further, that ‘any creature at all is a being through participation’, -therefore it is composed of participant and participated.

31. Against this conclusion I argue that if in anything at all there is composition of thing and thing, I take the thing that does the composing and I ask if it is simple or composite; if it is simple, the proposition is gained [sc. that some creature is simple], - if it is composite, there will be a process in ‘things’ to infinity.