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Definition — Part I

Latin

Ea res dicitur in suo genere finita quæ alia ejusdem naturæ terminari potest. Exempli gratia corpus dicitur finitum quia aliud semper majus concipimus. Sic cogitatio alia cogitatione terminatur. At corpus non terminatur cogitatione nec cogitatio corpore.

English (Elwes 1883)

A thing is called finite after its kind, when it can be limited by another thing of the same nature; for instance, a body is called finite because we always conceive another greater body. So, also, a thought is limited by another thought, but a body is not limited by thought, nor a thought by body.

Modern English

A thing is called finite in its kind when it can be bounded by another thing of the same nature. A body, for example, is called finite because we can always conceive of a greater body. A thought, likewise, is bounded by another thought. But a body is not bounded by a thought, nor a thought by a body.

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