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permitted　to　its　nature　is　among　real　beings　which　keep　pace　with　its　movement；　but　it　is　always　itself；　this　is　a　stationary　wandering；　a　wandering　within　the　Meadow　of　Truth　from　which　it　does　not　stray。　　　　　It　holds　and　covers　the　universe　which　it　has　made　the　space；　so　to　speak；　of　its　movement；　itself　being　also　that　universe　which　is　space　to　it。　And　this　Meadow　of　Truth　is　varied　so　that　movement　through　it　may　be　possible；　suppose　it　not　always　and　everywhere　varied；　the　failing　of　diversity　is　a　failure　of　movement；　failure　in　movement　would　mean　a　failing　of　the　Intellectual　Act；　halting；　it　has　ceased　to　exercise　its　Intellectual　Act；　this　ceasing；　it　ceases　to　be。　　　　　The　Intellectual…Principle　is　the　Intellectual　Act；　its　movement　is　complete；　filling　Being　complete；　And　the　entire　of　Being　is　the　Intellectual　Act　entire；　comprehending　all　life　and　the　unfailing　succession　of　things。　Because　this　Principle　contains　Identity　and　Difference　its　division　is　ceaselessly　bringing　the　different　things　to　light。　Its　entire　movement　is　through　life　and　among　living　things。　To　a　traveller　over　land；　all　is　earth　but　earth　abounding　in　difference：　so　in　this　journey　the　life　through　which　Intellectual…Principle　passes　is　one　life　but；　in　its　ceaseless　changing；　a　varied　life。　　　　　Throughout　this　endless　variation　it　maintains　the　one　course　because　it　is　not；　itself；　subject　to　change　but　on　the　contrary　is　present　as　identical　and　unvarying　Being　to　the　rest　of　things。　For　if　there　be　no　such　principle　of　unchanging　identity　to　things；　all　is　dead；　activity　and　actuality　exist　nowhere。　These　〃other　things〃　through　which　it　passes　are　also　Intellectual…Principle　itself；　otherwise　it　is　not　the　all…comprehending　principle：　if　it　is　to　be　itself；　it　must　be　all…embracing；　failing　that；　it　is　not　itself。　If　it　is　complete　in　itself；　complete　because　all…embracing；　and　there　is　nothing　which　does　not　find　place　in　this　total；　then　there　can　be　nothing　belonging　to　it　which　is　not　different；　only　by　difference　can　there　be　such　co…operation　towards　a　total。　If　it　knew　no　otherness　but　was　pure　identity　its　essential　Being　would　be　the　less　for　that　failure　to　fulfil　the　specific　nature　which　its　completion　requires。　　　　　14。　On　the　nature　of　the　Intellectual…Principle　we　get　light　from　its　manifestations；　they　show　that　it　demands　such　diversity　as　is　compatible　with　its　being　a　monad。　Take　what　principle　you　will；　that　of　plant　or　animal：　if　this　principle　were　a　pure　unity　and　not　a　specifically　varied　thing；　it　could　not　so　serve　as　principle；　its　product　would　be　Matter；　the　principle　not　having　taken　all　those　forms　necessary　if　Matter　is　to　be　permeated　and　utterly　transformed。　A　face　is　not　one　mass；　there　are　nose　and　eyes；　and　the　nose　is　not　a　unity　but　has　the　differences　which　make　it　a　nose；　as　bare　unity　it　would　be　mere　mass。　　　　　There　is　infinity　in　Intellectual…Principle　since；　of　its　very　nature；　it　is　a　multiple　unity；　not　with　the　unity　of　a　house　but　with　that　of　a　Reason…Principle；　multiple　in　itself：　in　the　one　Intellectual　design　it　includes　within　itself；　as　it　were　in　outline；　all　the　outlines；　all　the　patterns。　All　is　within　it；　all　the　powers　and　intellections；　the　division　is　not　determined　by　a　boundary　but　goes　ever　inward；　this　content　is　held　as　the　living　universe　holds　the　natural　forms　of　the　living　creatures　in　it　from　the　greatest　to　the　least；　down　even　to　the　minutest　powers　where　there　is　a　halt　at　the　individual　form。　The　discrimination　is　not　of　items　huddled　within　a　sort　of　unity；　this　is　what　is　known　as　the　Universal　Sympathy；　not　of　course　the　sympathy　known　here　which　is　a　copy　and　prevails　amongst　things　in　separation；　that　authentic　Sympathy　consists　in　all　being　a　unity　and　never　discriminate。　　　　　15。　That　Life；　the　various；　the　all…including；　the　primal　and　one；　who　can　consider　it　without　longing　to　be　of　it；　disdaining　all　the　other？　　　　　All　other　life　is　darkness；　petty　and　dim　and　poor；　it　is　unclean　and　polluting　the　clean　for　if　you　do　but　look　upon　it　you　no　longer　see　nor　live　this　life　which　includes　all　living；　in　which　there　is　nothing　that　does　not　live　and　live　in　a　life　of　purity　void　of　all　that　is　ill。　For　evil　is　here　where　life　is　in　copy　and　Intellect　in　copy；　There　is　the　archetype；　that　which　is　good　in　the　very　Idea…　we　read…　as　holding　The　Good　in　the　pure　Idea。　That　Archetype　is　good；　Intellectual…Principle　is　good　as　holding　its　life　by　contemplation　of　the　archetype；　and　it　sees　also　as　good　the　objects　of　its　contemplation　because　it　holds　them　in　its　act　of　contemplating　the　Principle　of　Good。　But　these　objects　come　to　it　not　as　they　are　There　but　in　accord　with　its　own　condition；　for　it　is　their　source；　they　spring　thence　to　be　here；　and　Intellectual…Principle　it　is　that　has　produced　them　by　its　vision　There。　In　the　very　law；　never；　looking　to　That；　could　it　fail　of　Intellectual　Act；　never；　on　the　other　hand；　could　it　produce　what　is　There；　of　itself　it　could　not　produce；　Thence　it　must　draw　its　power　to　bring　forth；　to　teem　with　offspring　of　itself；　from　the　Good　it　takes　what　itself　did　not　possess。　From　that　Unity　came　multiplicity　to　Intellectual…Principle；　it　could　not　sustain　the　power　poured　upon　it　and　therefore　broke　it　up；　it　turned　that　one　power　into　variety　so　as　to　carry　it　piecemeal。　　　　　All　its　production；　effected　in　the　power　of　The　Good；　contains　goodness；　it　is　good；　itself；　since　it　is　constituted　by　these　things　of　good；　it　is　Good　made　diverse。　It　might　be　likened　to　a　living　sphere　teeming　with　variety；　to　a　globe　of　faces　radiant　with　faces　all　living；　to　a　unity　of　souls；　all　the　pure　souls；　not　faulty　but　the　perfect；　with　Intellect　enthroned　over　all　so　that　the　place　entire　glows　with　Intellectual　splendour。　　　　　But　this　would　be　to　see　it　from　without；　one　thing　seeing　another；　the　true　way　is　to　become　Intellectual…Principle　and　be；　our　very　selves；　what　we　are　to　see。　　　　　16。　But　even　there　we　are　not　to　remain　always；　in　that　beauty　of　the　multiple；　we　must　make　haste　yet　higher；　above　this　heaven　of　ours　and　even　that；　leaving　all　else　aside　we　ask　in　awe　〃Who　produced　that　realm　and　how？〃　Everything　There　is　a　single　Idea　in　an　individual　impression　and；　informed　by　The　Good；　possesses　the　universal　good　transcendent　over　all。　Each　possessing　that　Being　above；　possesses　also　the　total　Living…Form　in　virtue　of　that　transcendent　life；　possesses；　no　doubt；　much　else　as　well。　　　　　But　what　is　the　Nature　of　this　Transcendent　in　view　of　which　and　by　way　of　which　the　Ideas　are　good？　　　　　The　best　way　of　putting　the　question　is　to　ask　whether；　when　Intellectual…Principle　looked　towards　The　Good；　it　had　Intellection　of　that　unity　as　a　multiplicity　and；　itself　a　unity；　plied　its　Act　by　breaking　into　parts　what　it　was　too　feeble　to　know　as　a　whole。　　　　　No：　that　would　not　be　Intellection　looking　upon　the　Good；　it　would　be　a　looking　void　of　Intellection。　We　must　think　of　it　not　as　looking　but　as　living；　dependent　upon　That；　it　kept　itself　turned　Thither；　all　the　tendance　taking　place　There　and　upon　That　must　be　a　movement　teeming　with　life　and　must　so　fill　the　looking　Principle；　there　is　no　longer　bare　Act；　there　is　a　filling　to　saturation。　Forthwith　Intellectual…Principle　becomes　all　things；　knows　that　fact　in　virtue　of　its　self…knowing　and　at　once　becomes　Intellectual…Principle；　filled　so　as　to　hold　within　itself　that　object　of　its　vision；　seeing　all　by　the　light　from　the　Giver　and　bearing　that　Giver　with　it。　　　　　In　this　way　the　Supreme　may　be　understood　to　be　the　cause　at　once　of　essential　reality　and　of　the　knowing　of　reality。　The　sun；　cause　of　the　existence　of　sense…things　and　of　their　being　seen；　is　indirectly　the　cause　of　sight；　without　being　either　the　faculty　or　the　object：　similarly　this　Principle；　The　Good；　cause　of　Being　and　Intellectual…Principle；　is　a　light　appropriate　to　what　is　to　be　seen　There　and　to　their　seer；　neither　the　Beings　nor　the　Intellectual…Principle；　it　is　their　source　and　by　the　light　it　sheds　upon　both　makes　them　objects　of　Intellection。　This　filling　procures　the　existence；　after　the　filling；　the　being；　the　existence　achieved；　the　seeing　followed：　the　beginning　is　that　state　of　not　yet　having　been　filled；　though　there　is；　also；　the　beginning　which　means　that　the　Filling　Principle　was　outside　and　by　that　act　of　filling　gave　shape　to　the　filled。　　　　　17。　But　in　what　mode　are　these　secondaries；　and　Intellectual…Principle　itself；　within　the　First？　They　are　not　in　the　Filling　Principle；　they　are　not　in　the　filled　since　before　that　moment　it　did　not　contain　them。　　　　　Giving　need　not　comport　possessing；　in　this　order　we　are　to　think　of　a　giver　as　a　greater　and　of　a　gift　as　a　lower；　this　is　the　meaning　of　origin　among　real　Beings。　First　there　must　be　an　actualized　thing；　its　laters　must　be　potentially　their　own　priors；　a　first　must　transcend　its　derivatives；　the　giver　transcends　the　given；　as　a　superior。　If　therefore　there　is　a　prior　to　actuality；　that　prior　transcends　Activity　and　so　transcends　Life。　Our　sphere　containing　life；　there　is　a　Giver　of　Life；　a　principle　of　greater　good；　of　greater　worth　than　Life；　this　possessed　Life　and　had　no　need　to　look　for　it　to　any　giver　in　possession　of　Life's　variety。　　　　　But　the　L