2722. No effect can exist in the universe without an active and a passive,
thus without a marriage
Everything whatever that is born in the world and its triple kingdom could never be born without a passive and an acting element. Countless things confirm this, and there is no effect in the universe that would not confirm it if mankind would set about finding confirmations. In the human body there is not the least little particle that produces anything which does not have an acting and a passive element whereby it produces an effect and procreates. Neither is there the least idea of thought that does not. This is entirely true.
2722. THAT NO EFFECT CAN EXIST IN THE UNIVERSE WITHOUT AN ACTIVE AND PASSIVE, THEREFORE WITHOUT A MARRIAGE.
Whatever is born [brought forth] in the world and its threefold kingdom, can by no means be born without a patient and agent. There are indefinite things which confirm this, and there is no effect in the universe that would not confirm it, if man applied himself to the conforming of these things. In the human body not the least particle is given that produces anything in regard to [circa] which there is not an agent and patient and thus (it produces and procreates an effect: nor the least idea of thought [but is similarly circumstanced]. This is most true.
2722. Quod in universo nullus effectus, existere possit absque passivo et activo, sic absque conjugio
Quicquid usquam in mundo, et triplici ejus regno, nascitur, hoc nequaquam nasci potest absque patiente et agente, indefinita sunt quae ea confirmant, et nullus non effectus in universo illud confirmaret, si intenderet homo iis confirmandis, in corpore humano ne minima particula datur, ut aliquid producat, circum quam non est agens et patiens, et sic producit effectum et procreat 1
, nec minima idea cogitationis, hoc verissimum est.
Footnotes:
1. imperfectum in the Manuscript