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...under its sought unity, by mixing those modes through the invention of B, C, and D B, C, and D are part of Llull's "alphabet," where letters represent specific concepts like Goodness, Greatness, and Eternity.. All triangles, having their mutual relationships original: "invidia," likely a transcription error for "invicem" (mutually) or "individua" (individual parts). and their definitions, The red triangle is set forth concerning the principle, the middle, and the end, so that it may be an instrument for investigating all things belonging to nature under one principle and end.

Above the corner of the principle, these are written: cause, quantity, and time. By "cause," we understand the substantial principles, which are the efficient, formal, material, and final causes. Quantity and time signify the "accidental" principles In medieval philosophy, "accidents" are properties that are not essential to a thing's nature, like how tall it is or when it exists., without which no created substance can exist. For without quantity, a substance could not be finite, nor could it be begun or ended without time. This same logic follows in its own way for quality, since without quality a substance could not be "qualified" i.e., having specific traits like color or temperature.. Nor could a substance be composed of form and matter without action and passion Action is the act of doing; passion (passio) is the state of being acted upon.. Nor, without place, could any part be caused within another; nor without habit Habit (habitus) refers to a state of being or the "garment" of qualities a thing possesses. could one principle give its likeness to another; nor without position Situs. could any figure of a substance be imagined or perceived.

Above the corner of the middle is written: conjunction, measurement, and extremity, to signify that the "middle" consists of these three types. By conjunction, we mean that middle which joins many things into one, just as a nail joins two posts for a single ship, or the "middle" that joins together toward a single love, and other similar things.

The middle of measurement is like the center of a circle, which exists throughout the whole circle, just as substance is in the middle of its parts, and "loving" is in the middle of the lovers and the beloved. It is also like duration in the middle of goodness and greatness, or the judge original: "index," here meaning the one who weighs or measures evidence. in the middle of the plaintiff and the defendant.

The middle of extremity is like a line between two points, or the way a substance connects its own furthest boundaries, or the rule of a king extending through his entire kingdom.

Above the corner of the end are written: final cause, termination, and punctuation. By final cause, we understand the perfections of things and the purposes for which they exist, just as God is the perfection of man, and man is the purpose of the body and the perfection of the soul. Likewise, man was created so that he might remember, understand, and love God as his primary object, and just as the object of the eyes is the thing they exist to see. By termination we understand any thing that is bounded within its own proper limits, such as goodness being bounded by its own "bonifier" Llull refers to his system where every attribute has three parts: the one doing the action, the one receiving it, and the action itself..