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After the delight of apprehension comes judgment. By this we not only

judge whether something is white or black, for this pertains to a special

sense, not only whether it is healthful or harmful, for this pertains to

the inner sense, but also why something is delightful. And in this act the

question is raised about the reasons for our delight which sense derives

from the object. This happens when we ask why something is beautiful,

pleasant, and wholesome. And it is discovered that the answer is equality

of proportion. equality, however, is the same in the great and the small,

and is not spread out through a thing's dimensions; nor does it change and

pass away when there is alteration through change or motion. Therefore it

abstracts from place, time, and motion, and thus is unchangeable,

inimitable, without ends, and in all ways spiritual. Judgment is,

therefore, an action which causes the sensible species, received sensibly

through sense, to enter the intellective faculty by purification and

abstraction. And thus the whole world can enter into the human soul through

the doors of the senses by the three aforesaid operations.