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Intuition, moreover, takes in the extremes at both ends:[43] I

mean, the first and last terms must be taken in not by reasoning

but by Intuition [so that Intuition comes to be of two kinds],

and that which belongs to strict demonstrative reasonings takes

in immutable, i.e. Necessary, first terms; while that which is

employed in practical matters takes in the extreme, the

Contingent, and the minor Premiss:[44] for the minor Premisses

are the source of the Final Cause, Universals being made up out

of Particulars.[45] To take in these, of course, we must have

Sense, i.e. in other words Practical Intuition.