164 OF THE COLOURS OF GOOD AND EVIL 



gets no start, but there behoveth perpetua inceptio ; as in the 

 common form, < Non progredi est regredi; >ui non profirit 

 deficit: running against the hill, rowing against the stream/ 

 etc. For if it be with the stream or with the hill, then the 

 degree of inception is more than all the rest. 



Fourthly, this colour is to be understood of gradus 

 inceptionis a potentia ad actum, comparatus cum gradu ab actu 

 ad incrementum. For otherwise major videtur gradus ab 

 Impotentia ad potentiam^ quam a potentia ad actum. 



