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(45) Sed intentio Nature universalis est ut omnes forme, que sunt in potentia materie prime, reducantur in actum, et secundum rationem speciei sint in actu; ut materia prima secundum suam totalitatem sit sub omni forma materiali, licet secundum partem sit sub omni privatione opposita, preter unam. | (45) But it is the intention of universal nature that all the forms which are within the potentiality of first matter should be reduced to actuality, and should be actualised in specific fashion, in order that first matter, in its totality, should be submitted to every material form, although in each of its parts it should be submitted to every opposite privation save one. |