Truth Is The Most Unbending

True Zeal Is An Ignis Lambeus, A Soft And Gentle Flame, That Will Not Scorch One's Hand.

Knowledge Is Not A Passion From Without The Mind, But An Active Exertion Of The Inward Strength, Vigor And Power Of The Mind, Displaying Itself From Within.

The True Knowledge Or Science Which Exists Nowhere But In The Mind Itself, Has No Other Entity At All Besides Intelligibility; And Therefore Whatsoever Is Clearly Intelligible, Is Absolutely True.

If Intellection And Knowledge Were Mere Passion From Without, Or The Bare Reception Of Extraneous And Adventitious Forms, Then No Reason Could Be Given At All Why A Mirror Or Looking-glass Should Not Understand.

Now All The Knowledge And Wisdom That Is In Creatures, Whether Angels Or Men, Is Nothing Else But A Participation Of That One Eternal, Immutable And Increased Wisdom Of God.