LessonsHuman Ability and Acts, Divine Will and Decree, and Pleasure and AngerQuiz

A person may possess eyes and the capacity to see, while the actual use of those faculties is realized when the act occurs through the enabling granted. These are not interchangeable stages.

Capacity and instruments may exist before a deed; effective enabling accompanies it.

This distinction also matters for obligation: someone genuinely lacking the necessary means is not in the same position as one who has them yet deliberately chooses not to use them.

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Human Ability and Acts, Divine Will and Decree, and Pleasure and Anger

A person may possess eyes and the capacity to see, while the actual use of those faculties is realized when the act occurs through the enabling granted. These are not interchangeable stages.

Capacity and instruments may exist before a deed; effective enabling accompanies it.

This distinction also matters for obligation: someone genuinely lacking the necessary means is not in the same position as one who has them yet deliberately chooses not to use them.