Concept — natura naturans

Substance considered as cause: God under the attributes of eternal and infinite essence (E1P29S).

Latin: natura naturans
Elwes: Natura naturans
Drift: Elwes leaves the scholastic Latin phrase untranslated. Means roughly `nature in its productive aspect`.

Occurrences (1)

E1P29S — 0 la / 1 en

…, I wish here to explain, what we should understand by nature viewed as active (natura naturans), and nature viewed as passive (natura naturata). I say to explain, or rather c…