On the Divine Names and the Mystical Theology — trans. C. E. Rolt
The translator’s English as printed (C. E. Rolt). The original-language text is not held; names are romanised as the translator printed them.
1 Via Negativa. It is not mere negation. ? Susannah 42.
3 “According to its idea,” “according to the law of its species.” We perceive that this is a rose and that is a horse because we have two separate notions in our minds—one the notion of a rose and the other that of a horse. But in the Divine Knowledge there is only one Notion wherein such specific notions are elements, as the activities of several nerves are elements in one indivisible sensation of taste, or touch, or smell.
4 i. e. Suppose the light were conscious, and knew its own nature, it would know that if it withheld its brightness there would be darkness (for the very nature of light is that it dispels, or at least prevents,
1 Via Negativa. It is not mere negation. 2 Susannah 42.
3 “According to its idea,” “according to the law of its species.” We perceive that this is a rose and that is a horse because we have two separate notions in our minds, one the notion of a rose and the other that of a horse. But in the Divine Knowledge there is only one Notion, in which such specific notions are elements, just as the activities of several nerves are elements in one indivisible sensation of taste, or touch, or smell.
4 i.e. Suppose the light were conscious and knew its own nature: it would know that if it withheld its brightness there would be darkness (for the very nature of light is that it dispels, or at least prevents,