Maimonides

On the Imagination

Latin Etymology
Sicut apprehendit a sensibus, vel coniungit diversa in essentia. Et componit unam partem cum alia, vel in corpore quocumque, vel in virtutibus corporalibus. Sicut si imaginator imaginetur hominem cum capite equi. Et quod habeat alas et similia istis. Et illa vocat cogitatio falsa. Qua nullo modo convenit essentia rei, et talis cogitator nullo modo potest recedere a materia in apprehensione sua. Licet spoliet formam quamcumque in fine spoliationis. Et ideo demonstratio non est in cogitatione.

Use the following English words, derived from the bolded Latin vocabulary above, to fill in the blanks in the English sentences below. Use the Latin meanings to guess at the English definitions.

conjugal
component
capital
convenient
cogitable

1. Although many students struggled to grasp the concept, he found it completely .

2. The father considered his son's constant tardiness a offense.

3. They may have met under tragic circumstances, but they still lived for decades in happiness.

4. Every day he finished another and came closer to producing a polished product.

5. They struggled to think of a place to meet and, in the end, cancelled their plans.

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