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also recognizes itself as very general, skillful, and habituated to great knowledge.

¶ Part 7 of the multiplication of the fourth figure.

A woodcut depicts a decorative initial letter D.The multiplication of the fourth figure consists in this, namely that the first chamber, b.c.d. in the fourth figure or table, signifies that b has one condition with c and another with d, and c has one condition with b and another with d, and d has one condition with b and another with c. And thus there are in that chamber six conditions with which the intellect conditions and disposes itself for investigating, finding, objecting, proving, and determining. After these six conditions, the intellect acquires another six conditions by turning the smaller circle, placing its e under the c of the middle circle, under which its d was. And because the chamber has been changed, its conditions are changed accordingly, and the intellect thus becomes habituated with fifteen conditions. And so, by multiplying columns through other chambers and turning them, the conditions which the intellect multiplies through this method are difficult to count, for from each chamber the intellect can thus evacuate thirty propositions and ninety questions, just as from chamber b.c. of the third figure there are twelve propositions and twenty-four questions. And in this passage, the intellect recognizes itself as very general and more skillful than another intellect.