The one who is not created cannot be grasped in the imagination. Indeed all things become clear through him, and he is manifest in all things, appearing mainly to those to whom he wishes to convey knowledge of himself.

It is God then that everlastingly governs all the sources of life in the Cosmos; he is the eternal dispenser of life itself. But when life has once been dispensed to all the sources of life, the supply of it is maintained in accordance with eternal law; and the manner of its maintenance I will proceed to explain.