[10] From the Tr. Th.-P., ch. vi, same title.
[11] N.B. I do not mean here by "Nature," merely matter and its modifications, but infinite other things besides matter.
CHAPTER VIII
OF THE DIVINE NATURE
Definitions
I. By cause of itself, I understand that, whose essence involves existence; or that, whose nature cannot be conceived unless existing.
II. That thing is called finite in its own kind (in suo genere) which can be limited by another thing of the same nature. For example, a body is called finite, because we always conceive another which is greater. So a thought is limited by another thought; but a body is not limited by a thought, nor a thought by a body.
III. By substance, I understand that which is in itself and is conceived through itself; in other words, that, the conception of which does not need the conception of another thing from which it must be formed.