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just as substance, which is greater than its quantity; for substance exists by itself, but accident does not. The third species is when there is a majority between accident and accident, such as understanding, which is greater than seeing, and seeing than running. And just as it was said about majority, so it can be said about minority, for they relate to each other. The angle of equality has three species; the first is when things are equal substantially, such as Petrus and Martinus names often used as placeholders for two men, who are equal in substance. The second species is when substance and accident are equated, such as substance and its quantity. The third species is when there is equality between accident and accident, such as understanding and loving, which are equal in their object. And this angle of equality is a scale for the intellect through which it ascends and descends, as was said in the other triangles; and when the intellect ascends to general objects, it is general, but when it descends to particulars, it is particular.

This figure of T is a servant to the first figure, for through differences it distinguishes between goodness and goodness, and magnitude and magnitude, etc. And through this figure, joined to the first figure, the intellect acquires knowledge, and because this figure is general, therefore the intellect is general.

¶ Concerning the third figure.

The third figure is composed of the first and the second, for B, which is in it, stands for B, which is the first and second figure, and so on for the other letters; it has