Dist. 1, Divisio Textus
by St. Bonaventure
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### DIVISION OF THE TEXT.

In this part begins the treatise of the book, which is divided into four partial books. The first part has two parts. In the first part the Master pursues the subject-matter of this book and, in consequence, of the others. In the second he carries out his division, which begins there in the second distinction: *Therefore by true and pious faith* etc.

Likewise the first part, in which he pursues the subject-matter, has two parts. In the first part he pursues the subject-matter by divisions, and so first he sets down a division, by which the three books are distinguished from the fourth, namely by *things* and *signs*. Secondly he sets down a division, by which the first book is distinguished from the three others, which is by *to enjoy* and *to use*, there: *That therefore in things is to be considered*.

Likewise, the first part has three small parts. In the first he proposes the division and confirms it by the authority of Augustine, which is, that the whole of theological doctrine is about things or about signs, that is, the common subject of theology is divided into these two. In the second he explains the members of the division, there: *Properly however here things are called*, showing what is a thing and what is a sign according to the members of the aforesaid division. In the third small part he applies the division to the matter at hand, there: *And when toward these the speculation of theologians shall have been directed*, saying that he is about to speak of things and of signs, yet first of things.

Likewise, that part, in which he sets down the division by *to enjoy* and *to use*, by which the first book is distinguished from the other three, has two parts. In the first he sets down the division and explains it. In the second he sums up what has been said, there: *Therefore of all the things which have been said* etc. Therefore the first part has three parts: in the first he sets down the division into things, by which one ought to enjoy, and things by which one ought to use: in the second, for greater clarity, he assigns certain definitions, there: *To enjoy however is to cleave to with love* etc. In the third he proposes and determines certain doubts, there: *When however men, who enjoy and use* etc.

And in the first small part he first sets down the division according to the authority of Augustine, secondly he exemplifies, there: *Those, by which one ought to enjoy* etc.

*To enjoy however is to cleave to with love.* This second small part of that part, in which he sets down the division in which the first book is distinguished from the other three, which is concerning certain notifications, has four small parts. For first he sets down the notifications of *to enjoy* and *to use*; secondly he applies them to the matter at hand, namely to the things by which one ought to enjoy and to use, there: *The things therefore by which one ought to enjoy*; thirdly he compares to other designations, there: *Now it must be noted, that the same Augustine*; fourthly, since they seem to contradict each other, he raises and determines a certain doubt, there: *And note that Augustine seems to say* etc.

*When however men, who enjoy and use.* This third part, in which he raises and treats certain doubts, has three parts according to three doubts, of which the first is, whether man ought to enjoy man; *the second*, whether God enjoys or uses man, and this he raises there: *But since God loves* etc.; the third question is, whether the virtues are to be enjoyed or used, there: *Here it must be considered, whether the virtues* etc. And in each of these three parts he first raises the question, secondly he determines what has been raised, thirdly he confirms the determination by authority. And the small parts are manifest in their places.

## BOOK I OF THE SENTENCES.

### TREATMENT OF THE QUESTIONS.

For the elucidation of the definitions and of the other matters which the Master sets down concerning these words *to enjoy* and *to use*, six [questions] are inquired into in this part, of which three pertain to *to use*, three to *to enjoy*.

*Concerning to use three are inquired.*

First it is asked, what is *to use* by essence.

*Secondly*, whether to use befalls every created thing.

*Thirdly*, whether one ought to use only a created good.

*Concerning to enjoy likewise three are inquired.*

*First*, what is *to enjoy* by essence.

*Secondly*, whether the uncreated good is to be enjoyed.

*Thirdly*, whether it is to be enjoyed only the uncreated good itself.

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