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« Privatio autem, in quâ ſolâ ratio formalis falſitatis & culpæ conſiſtit, nullo Dei concurſu indiget, quia non eſt res, neque ad illum relata UT CAUSAM privatio, ſed tantummodo negatio dici debet. »
(Des-Cartes, Meditatio Quarta, ¶ 15.)

Non comprehendo quod significat huc « ut causam ».

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neque ad illum (DEUM) relata UT CAUSAM, hoc est, relata ad Deum (quasi) causam, relata ad Deum (sic) ut causam

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Nota: "eo modo quo" hîc significat "ut" adverbium (conjunctio non est hôc in loco).
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/tex ... entry%3Dut

Eundem in casum partiuntur "illum" et "causam" vocabula quod in appositione sunt. Sic manifectius facit ut adverbium.
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I'm writing in Latin hoping for correction, and not because I'm confident in how I express myself. Latinè scribo ut ab omnibus corrigar, non quod confidenter me exprimam.

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Gratias vobis ago.

Adriane: Does it really mean that here? Doesn’t it simply mean “as”?

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"Eo modo quo" does mean "as" in English.
"Eo modo quo" anglicè "as" dicere vult.
I'm writing in Latin hoping for correction, and not because I'm confident in how I express myself. Latinè scribo ut ab omnibus corrigar, non quod confidenter me exprimam.

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The relevant paragraph in Lewis and Short seems to be II.A.2.d: before an appositive noun.

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