For nature is not merely present, but is implanted within things, distant from none... And while the outer face of things changeth so greatly, there flourisheth the origin of being more intimately within all things than they themselves. The fount of all kinds, Mind, God, Being, One, Truth, Destiny, Reason, Order.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Nature is inside all things, with an inner origin of being more intimate than outward changes, source of Mind and Order.
- In plain terms
- Nature lives within things, and the source of existence is inside them more than outside.
- What can you take from it?
- Look inside for the source of being.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What inner qualities do you see in things?
- How is nature inside you?
Another view
It claims an inner essence without defining how to perceive it.
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Before anything else the One must exist eternally; from his power derives everything that always is or will ever be. He is the Eternal and embraces all times. …
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