, or inclosure, that which is contained within an outline, or circumscribed. So likewise to

think

is to inclose, to determine, confine and define. To think an infinite is a contradiction in terms equal to a boundless bound. So in German

Ding, denken

; in Latin

res, reor

.

Chap. VII. p. 113.

Helvidius alleged the mother of Christ was not a virgin; so that according to his wicked allegation, Christ was born in original sin.