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Definition — Part I
Latin
Per Deum intelligo ens absolute infinitum hoc est substantiam constantem infinitis attributis quorum unumquodque æternam et infinitam essentiam exprimit.
Explicatio: Dico absolute infinitum, non autem in suo genere; quicquid enim in suo genere tantum infinitum est, infinita de eo attributa negare possumus; quod autem absolute infinitum est, ad ejus essentiam pertinet quicquid essentiam exprimit et negationem nullam involvit.
English (Elwes 1883)
By God, I mean a being absolutely infinite--that is, a substance consisting in infinite attributes, of which each expresses eternal and infinite essentiality.
Explanation: I say absolutely infinite, not infinite after its kind: for, of a thing infinite only after its kind, infinite attributes may be denied; but that which is absolutely infinite, contains in its essence whatever expresses reality, and involves no negation.
Modern English
By God I mean an absolutely infinite being, a substance consisting of infinite attributes, each of which expresses an eternal and infinite essence.
Explanation: I say *absolutely* infinite, not infinite in its kind. Whatever is infinite only in its kind can have other attributes denied of it; but what is absolutely infinite, to whose essence belongs whatever expresses essence and involves no negation.