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| (2) Et quia quemadmodum est in parte sic est in toto, et in homine particulari contingit quod sedendo et quiescendo prudentia et sapientia ipse perficitur, patet quod genus humanum in quiete sive tranquillitate pacis ad proprium suum opus, quod fere divinum est iuxta illud «Minuisti eum paulo minus ab angelis», liberrime atque facillime se habet. Unde manifestum est quod pax universalis est optimum eorum que ad nostram beatitudinem ordinantur. | (2) And since what holds true for the part is true for the whole, and an individual human being "grows perfect in judgment and wisdom when he sits at rest", it is apparent that mankind most freely and readily attends to this activity - an activity which is almost divine, as we read in the psalm: "Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels" - in the calm or tranquillity of peace. Hence it is clear that universal peace is the best of those things which are ordained for our human happiness. |