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    Possession implies a relationship between a subject and s... — Carmelics
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    Supports→If a free person merely possessed freedom, that freedom would be external to the person and the person would never be freedom itself.

    Possession implies a relationship between a subject and something external to that subject.

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    D. Consequently, the just man is in justice, which means: The just man is justice. This implies a reversal of the usual way of looking at things. Normally, a quality (qualitas) is what is found in an underlying subject (subiectum). With the spiritual perfections (perfectiones spirituales), however, the situation is different: The subjects are in the perfections, the just man is in justice. But in the realm of the spirit, being-in is nothing other than being-one. Hence, the just man, who is in ju

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