Divine Love and Wisdom (Harleys) n. 196

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196. It is said that degrees are such in respect to each other, but it means that substances are such in their degrees. Speaking by degrees is an abstract way of speaking which is universal, thus applicable to every subject or thing which is in degrees of this kind.


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