the six enneads-第124章

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　entire；　omnipresent　in　the　likeness　of　the　engendering　father；　entire　in　unity　and　entire　in　diffused　variety。　By　the　power　of　the　soul　the　manifold　and　diverse　heavenly　system　is　a　unit：　through　soul　this　universe　is　a　God：　and　the　sun　is　a　God　because　it　is　ensouled；　so　too　the　stars：　and　whatsoever　we　ourselves　may　be；　it　is　all　in　virtue　of　soul；　for　〃dead　is　viler　than　dung。〃　　　　　This；　by　which　the　gods　are　divine；　must　be　the　oldest　God　of　them　all：　and　our　own　soul　is　of　that　same　Ideal　nature；　so　that　to　consider　it；　purified；　freed　from　all　accruement；　is　to　recognise　in　ourselves　that　same　value　which　we　have　found　soul　to　be；　honourable　above　all　that　is　bodily。　For　what　is　body　but　earth；　and；　taking　fire　itself；　what　＇but　soul＇　is　its　burning　power？　So　it　is　with　all　the　compounds　of　earth　and　fire；　even　with　water　and　air　added　to　them？　　　　　If；　then；　it　is　the　presence　of　soul　that　brings　worth；　how　can　a　man　slight　himself　and　run　after　other　things？　You　honour　the　Soul　elsewhere；　honour　then　yourself。　　　　　3。　The　Soul　once　seen　to　be　thus　precious；　thus　divine；　you　may　hold　the　faith　that　by　its　possession　you　are　already　nearing　God：　in　the　strength　of　this　power　make　upwards　towards　Him：　at　no　great　distance　you　must　attain：　there　is　not　much　between。　　　　　But　over　this　divine；　there　is　still　a　diviner：　grasp　the　upward　neighbour　of　the　soul；　its　prior　and　source。　　　　　Soul；　for　all　the　worth　we　have　shown　to　belong　to　it；　is　yet　a　secondary；　an　image　of　the　Intellectual…Principle：　reason　uttered　is　an　image　of　the　reason　stored　within　the　soul；　and　in　the　same　way　soul　is　an　utterance　of　the　Intellectual…Principle：　it　is　even　the　total　of　its　activity；　the　entire　stream　of　life　sent　forth　by　that　Principle　to　the　production　of　further　being；　it　is　the　forthgoing　heat　of　a　fire　which　has　also　heat　essentially　inherent。　But　within　the　Supreme　we　must　see　energy　not　as　an　overflow　but　in　the　double　aspect　of　integral　inherence　with　the　establishment　of　a　new　being。　Sprung；　in　other　words；　from　the　Intellectual…Principle；　Soul　is　intellective；　but　with　an　intellection　operation　by　the　method　of　reasonings：　for　its　perfecting　it　must　look　to　that　Divine　Mind；　which　may　be　thought　of　as　a　father　watching　over　the　development　of　his　child　born　imperfect　in　comparison　with　himself。　　　　　Thus　its　substantial　existence　comes　from　the　Intellectual…Principle；　and　the　Reason　within　it　becomes　Act　in　virtue　of　its　contemplation　of　that　prior；　for　its　thought　and　act　are　its　own　intimate　possession　when　it　looks　to　the　Supreme　Intelligence；　those　only　are　soul…acts　which　are　of　this　intellective　nature　and　are　determined　by　its　own　character；　all　that　is　less　noble　is　foreign　＇traceable　to　Matter＇　and　is　accidental　to　the　soul　in　the　course　of　its　peculiar　task。　　　　　In　two　ways；　then；　the　Intellectual…Principle　enhances　the　divine　quality　of　the　soul；　as　father　and　as　immanent　presence；　nothing　separates　them　but　the　fact　that　they　are　not　one　and　the　same；　that　there　is　succession；　that　over　against　a　recipient　there　stands　the　ideal…form　received；　but　this　recipient；　Matter　to　the　Supreme　Intelligence；　is　also　noble　as　being　at　once　informed　by　divine　intellect　and　uncompounded。　　　　　What　the　Intellectual…Principle　must　be　is　carried　in　the　single　word　that　Soul；　itself　so　great；　is　still　inferior。　　　　　4。　But　there　is　yet　another　way　to　this　knowledge：　　　　　Admiring　the　world　of　sense　as　we　look　out　upon　its　vastness　and　beauty　and　the　order　of　its　eternal　march；　thinking　of　the　gods　within　it；　seen　and　hidden；　and　the　celestial　spirits　and　all　the　life　of　animal　and　plant；　let　us　mount　to　its　archetype；　to　the　yet　more　authentic　sphere：　there　we　are　to　contemplate　all　things　as　members　of　the　Intellectual…　eternal　in　their　own　right；　vested　with　a　self…springing　consciousness　and　life…　and；　presiding　over　all　these；　the　unsoiled　Intelligence　and　the　unapproachable　wisdom。　　　　　That　archetypal　world　is　the　true　Golden　Age；　age　of　Kronos；　who　is　the　Intellectual…Principle　as　being　the　offspring　or　exuberance　of　God。　For　here　is　contained　all　that　is　immortal：　nothing　here　but　is　Divine　Mind；　all　is　God；　this　is　the　place　of　every　soul。　Here　is　rest　unbroken：　for　how　can　that　seek　change；　in　which　all　is　well；　what　need　that　reach　to；　which　holds　all　within　itself；　what　increase　can　that　desire；　which　stands　utterly　achieved？　All　its　content；　thus；　is　perfect；　that　itself　may　be　perfect　throughout；　as　holding　nothing　that　is　less　than　the　divine；　nothing　that　is　less　than　intellective。　Its　knowing　is　not　by　search　but　by　possession；　its　blessedness　inherent；　not　acquired；　for　all　belongs　to　it　eternally　and　it　holds　the　authentic　Eternity　imitated　by　Time　which；　circling　round　the　Soul；　makes　towards　the　new　thing　and　passes　by　the　old。　Soul　deals　with　thing　after　thing…　now　Socrates；　now　a　horse：　always　some　one　entity　from　among　beings…　but　the　Intellectual…Principle　is　all　and　therefore　its　entire　content　is　simultaneously　present　in　that　identity：　this　is　pure　being　in　eternal　actuality；　nowhere　is　there　any　future；　for　every　then　is　a　now；　nor　is　there　any　past；　for　nothing　there　has　ever　ceased　to　be；　everything　has　taken　its　stand　for　ever；　an　identity　well　pleased；　we　might　say；　to　be　as　it　is；　and　everything；　in　that　entire　content；　is　Intellectual…Principle　and　Authentic　Existence；　and　the　total　of　all　is　Intellectual…Principle　entire　and　Being　entire。　Intellectual…Principle　by　its　intellective　act　establishes　Being；　which　in　turn；　as　the　object　of　intellection；　becomes　the　cause　of　intellection　and　of　existence　to　the　Intellectual…Principle…　though；　of　course；　there　is　another　cause　of　intellection　which　is　also　a　cause　to　Being；　both　rising　in　a　source　distinct　from　either。　　　　　Now　while　these　two　are　coalescents；　having　their　existence　in　common；　and　are　never　apart；　still　the　unity　they　form　is　two…sided；　there　is　Intellectual…Principle　as　against　Being；　the　intellectual　agent　as　against　the　object　of　intellection；　we　consider　the　intellective　act　and　we　have　the　Intellectual…Principle；　we　think　of　the　object　of　that　act　and　we　have　Being。　　　　　Such　difference　there　must　be　if　there　is　to　be　any　intellection；　but　similarly　there　must　also　be　identity　＇since；　in　perfect　knowing；　subject　and　object　are　identical。＇　　　　　Thus　the　Primals　＇the　first　〃Categories〃＇　are　seen　to　be：　Intellectual…Principle；　Existence；　Difference；　Identity：　we　must　include　also　Motion　and　Rest：　Motion　provides　for　the　intellectual　act；　Rest　preserves　identity　as　Difference　gives　at　once　a　Knower　and　a　Known；　for；　failing　this；　all　is　one；　and　silent。　　　　　So　too　the　objects　of　intellection　＇the　ideal　content　of　the　Divine　Mind＇…　identical　in　virtue　of　the　self…concentration　of　the　principle　which　is　their　common　ground…　must　still　be　distinct　each　from　another；　this　distinction　constitutes　Difference。　　　　　The　Intellectual　Kosmos　thus　a　manifold；　Number　and　Quantity　arise：　Quality　is　the　specific　character　of　each　of　these　ideas　which　stand　as　the　principles　from　which　all　else　derives。　　　　　5。　As　a　manifold；　then；　this　God；　the　Intellectual…Principle；　exists　within　the　Soul　here；　the　Soul　which　once　for　all　stands　linked　a　member　of　the　divine；　unless　by　a　deliberate　apostasy。　　　　　Bringing　itself　close　to　the　divine　Intellect；　becoming；　as　it　were；　one　with　this；　it　seeks　still　further：　What　Being；　now；　has　engendered　this　God；　what　is　the　Simplex　preceding　this　multiple；　what　the　cause　at　once　of　its　existence　and　of　its　existing　as　a　manifold；　what　the　source　of　this　Number；　this　Quantity？　　　　　Number；　Quantity；　is　not　primal：　obviously　before　even　duality；　there　must　stand　the　unity。　　　　　The　Dyad　is　a　secondary；　deriving　from　unity；　it　finds　in　unity　the　determinant　needed　by　its　native　indetermination：　once　there　is　any　determination；　there　is　Number；　in　the　sense；　of　course；　of　the　real　＇the　archetypal＇　Number。　And　the　soul　is　such　a　number　or　quantity。　For　the　Primals　are　not　masses　or　magnitudes；　all　of　that　gross　order　is　later；　real　only　to　the　sense…thought；　even　in　seed　the　effective　reality　is　not　the　moist　substance　but　the　unseen…　that　is　to　say　Number　＇as　the　determinant　of　individual　being＇　and　the　Reason…Principle　＇of　the　product　to　be＇。