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All Collections > The Ordinatio of John Duns Scotus > Ordinatio. Book 4. Distinctions 1 - 7 > book four. distinctions 1 - 7 > first distinction. first part. on the action of the creature in respect of the term of creation > single question. whether a creature can have any action with respect to the term of creation > i. opinion of the theologians, who hold to the negative side of the question > a. the four reasons they bring forward > 4. fourth reason
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The Ordinatio of John Duns Scotus
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Ordinatio. Book 4. Distinctions 1 - 7
Book Four. Distinctions 1 - 7
First Distinction. First Part. On the Action of the Creature in Respect of the Term of Creation
Single Question. Whether a Creature can have any Action with respect to the Term of Creation
I. Opinion of the Theologians, who Hold to the Negative Side of the Question
A. The Four Reasons they Bring Forward
4. Fourth Reason

4. Fourth Reason

26, The fourth reason is taken from the potentiality of a created agent [e.g. William of Ware, Giles of Rome], and it is as follows: no created agent is pure act or pure being; therefore none of its actions is pure act but has something of potentiality in it; but second act, being mixed with potency, is not without motion or change [cf. Ord. I d.2 n.311-312, II d.1 nn.315-316]; therefore no created agent can act without motion and change; therefore it cannot create, for creation is from nothing but motion is in a subject.