Possessions and Knowledge as Liberal

Possessions and Knowledge as Liberal

On page 82, Newman quotes the great Philosopher and says that "of possessions, those rather are useful, which bear fruit; those liberal, which tend to enjoyment. By fruitful, I mean, which yield revenue; by enjoyable, where nothing accrues of consequence beyond the using". Meanwhile, when he discusses knowledge on page 84, he says that "Knowledge, I say, is then especially liberal, or sufficient for itself, apart from every external and ulterior object, when and so far as it is philosophical, and this I proceed to show".

It seems to me that true knowledge for Newman is theological knowledge, which would certainly "accrue something of consequence beyond the using". Essentially, I suppose that I am wondering how we can distinguish between Newman's ideas of possessions and knowledge and why liberal possessions seem to be somewhat different from liberal knowledge.