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54 ST. AUGUSTINE 28. WHY DID GOD WANT TO MAKE THE WORLD? To inquire into why God wanted to make the world is to inq.uire into the cause of God's will. But every cause is productive of some result, everything productive of some result is greater than that which is produced, and nothing is greater than God's will. Therefore [God's will] has no cause to be sought after. 29. IS THERE AN 'ABOVE' AND A 'BELOW' IN THE UNIVERSE? "Set your mind on the things which are above."1 We are bidden to set our minds on those things which are above, viz., spiritual things, which must not be understood to exist above in respect to the places and parts of this world, but by virtue of their excellence, lest we fix our mind2 on a part of this world when we ought to divest ourselves of the whole thing. However, among the parts of this world, there is an 'above' as well as a 'below.' On the other hand, the world as a whole has neither an above nor a below, for it consists of body, because everything which can be seen consists of body, and nothing in body taken as a whole is above or below. Indeed, since there seem to be six kinds of rectilinear, i.e., noncircular, motion-forward and backward, righthand and left-hand, upward and downward-there is absolutely no reason why, in respect to body as a. whole, there should be anything in front and in back, to the right' and to the left, but yet there should be above and below. Nonetheless, those who consider this matter are fooled because of the tough resistance offered by the senses and habit. For to effect the rotation of our body through the wish that the head point downward is not as easy for us as to turn 1 Col 3.2. 2 animum. ...

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