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Book IX.
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That a kind of trinity exists in man, who is the image of God, viz. the mind, and the knowledge wherewith the mind knows itself, and the love wherewith it loves both itself and its own knowledge; and these three are shown to be mutually equal, and of one essence.
iv.i.xi.i
The Three Things Which are Found in Love Must Be Considered.iv.i.xi.ii
The Image of the Trinity in the Mind of Man Who Knows Himself and Loves Himself. The Mind Knows Itself Through Itself.iv.i.xi.iii
The Three are One, and Also Equal, Viz. The Mind Itself, and the Love, and the Knowledge of It. That the Same Three Exist Substantially, and are Predicated Relatively. That the Same Three are Inseparable. That the Same Three are Not Joined and Commingled Like Parts, But that They are of One Essence, and are Relatives.iv.i.xi.iv
That These Three are Several in Themselves, and Mutually All in All.iv.i.xi.v
There is One Knowledge of the Thing in the Thing Itself, and Another in Eternal Truth Itself. That Corporeal Things, Too, are to Be Judged the Rules of Eternal Truth.iv.i.xi.vi
We Conceive and Beget the Word Within, from the Things We Have Beheld in the Eternal Truth. The Word, Whether of the Creature or of the Creator, is Conceived by Love.iv.i.xi.vii
In What Desire and Love Differ.iv.i.xi.viii
In the Love of Spiritual Things the Word Born is the Same as the Word Conceived. It is Otherwise in the Love of Carnal Things.iv.i.xi.ix
Whether Only Knowledge that is Loved is the Word of the Mind.iv.i.xi.x
That the Image or Begotten Word of the Mind that Knows Itself is Equal to the Mind Itself.iv.i.xi.xi
Why Love is Not the Offspring of the Mind, as Knowledge is So. The Solution of the Question. The Mind with the Knowledge of Itself and the Love of Itself is the Image of the Trinity.iv.i.xi.xii