(3) Propter quod sciendum primo, quod Deus et natura nil otiosum facit, sed quicquid prodit in esse est ad aliquam operationem. And it is this purpose we are seeking here as the guiding principle in our inquiry.
(2) And to throw light on the matter we are inquiring into, it should be borne in mind that, just as there is a particular purpose for which nature produces the thumb, and a different one for which she produces the whole hand, and again a purpose different from both of these for which she produces the arm, and a purpose different from all of these for which she produces the whole person in the same way there is one purpose for which the individual person is designed, another for the household, another for the small community, yet another for the city, and another for the kingdom and finally the best purpose of all is the one for which God Everlasting with his art, which is nature, brings into being the whole of mankind. Et hoc queritur hic tanquam principium inquisitionis directivum. (2) Et ad evidentiam eius quod queritur advertendum quod quemadmodum est finis aliquis ad quem natura producit pollicem, et alius ab hoc ad quem manum totam, et rursus alius ab utroque ad quem brachium, aliusque ab omnibus ad quem totum hominem sic alius est finis ad quem singularem hominem, alius ad quem ordinat domesticam comunitatem, alius ad quem viciniam, et alius ad quem civitatem, et a!ius ad quem regnum, et denique optimus ad quem universaliter genus humanum Deus ecternus arte sua, que natura est, in esse producit. (1) We must therefore now see what is the purpose of human society as a whole when we have seen this, more than half our work will be done, as Aristotle says in the Ethics.
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Monarchia (I, iii, 9-1O) (1) Nunc autem videndum est quid sit finis totius humane civilitatis: quo viso, plus quam dimidium laboris erit transactum, iuxta Phylosophum ad Nicomacum. The Princeton Dante Project (2.0) - Monarchia (I, iii, 9-1O)
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