Speculable
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Speculable is an adjective meaning That can be the subject of speculation.
Meaning
That can be the subject of speculation.
Example Sentences
Just as the speculative intellect is constituted by all speculable things as they are speculable, so the practical intellect is constituted by operable things as they are operable.
They are not metaphysical proofs because they do not concern transcendental aspects of things, i.e., speculable objects intrinsically independent of matter for being and for being known.
The immaterial nature of the intellect requires that the speculable as such be immaterial. Furthermore, the habit of science requires that the speculable be necessary since science is concerned with what cannot be otherwise.
Firſt, becauſe it is a kind of Memory, for the Intellect reflecting on things Agible, that is, on things done, or to be done, hath a relation to the Conſcience, as the Intellect reflecting on things ſpeculable, hath its relation to the Memory.
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