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Recapitulating, let us say: Because, then, Being is most pure and

absolute, that which is Being simply is first and last and, therefore, the

origin and the final cause of all. Because eternal and most present,

therefore it encompasses and penetrates all duration, existing at once as

their center and circumference. Because most simple and greatest, therefore

it is entirely within and entirely without all things and, therefore, is an

intelligible sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference

nowhere. Because most actual and most immutable, then "remaining stable it

causes the universe to move" [Boethius, Cons. III, met. 9]. Because most

perfect and immense, therefore within all, though not included in them;

beyond all, but not excluded from them; above all, but not transported

beyond them; below all, and yet not cast down beneath them. Because most

highly one and all-inclusive, therefore all in all, although all things are

many and it is only one. And this is so since through most simple unity,

clearest truth, and most sincere goodness there is in it all power, all

exemplary causality, and all communicability. And therefore from it and by

it and in it are all things. And this is so since it is omnipotent,

omniscient, and all-good. And to see this perfectly is to be blessed. As

was said to Moses, "I will show thee all good" [Exod. 33, 19].