the six enneads-第202章

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　be　thus　broad…spread；　whether　before　material　masses　exist　or　as　enveloping　them。　Of　course；　should　it　appear　that　this　omnipresence　may　occur　apart　from　material　things；　there　is　no　difficulty　in　accepting　its　occurrence　within　the　material。　　　　　2。　Side　by　side　exist　the　Authentic　All　and　its　counterpart；　the　visible　universe。　The　Authentic　is　contained　in　nothing；　since　nothing　existed　before　it；　of　necessity　anything　coming　after　it　must；　as　a　first　condition　of　existence；　be　contained　by　this　All；　especially　since　it　depends　upon　the　Authentic　and　without　that　could　have　neither　stability　nor　movement。　　　　　We　may　be　reminded　that　the　universe　cannot　be　contained　in　the　Authentic　as　in　a　place；　where　place　would　mean　the　boundaries　of　some　surrounding　extension　considered　as　an　envelope；　or　some　space　formerly　a　part　of　the　Void　and　still　remaining　unoccupied　even　after　the　emergence　of　the　universe；　that　it　can　only　support　itself；　as　it　were；　upon　the　Authentic　and　rest　in　the　embrace　of　its　omnipresence；　but　this　objection　is　merely　verbal　and　will　disappear　if　our　meaning　is　grasped；　we　mention　it　for　another　purpose；　it　goes　to　enforce　our　real　assertion　that　the　Authentic　All；　at　once　primal　and　veritable；　needs　no　place　and　is　in　no　way　contained。　The　All；　as　being　an　integral；　cannot　fall　short　of　itself；　it　must　ever　have　fulfilled　its　own　totality；　ever　reached　to　its　own　equivalence；　as　far　as　the　sum　of　entities　extends；　there　this　is；　for　this　is　the　All。　　　　　Inevitably；　also；　anything　other　than　this　All　that　may　be　stationed　therein　must　have　part　in　the　All；　merge　into　it；　and　hold　by　its　strength；　it　is　not　that　the　thing　detaches　a　portion　of　the　All　but　that　within　itself　it　finds　the　All　which　has　entered　into　it　while　still　unbrokenly　self…abiding；　since　Being　cannot　lodge　in　non…Being；　but；　if　anything；　non…Being　within　Being。　　　　　Being；　then；　is　present　to　all　Being；　an　identity　cannot　tear　itself　asunder；　the　omnipresence　asserted　of　it　must　be　presence　within　the　realm　of　Being；　that　is；　it　must　be　a　self…presence。　And　it　is　in　no　way　strange　that　the　omnipresence　should　be　at　once　self…abiding　and　universal；　this　is　merely　saying　omnipresence　within　a　unity。　　　　　It　is　our　way　to　limit　Being　to　the　sense…known　and　therefore　to　think　of　omnipresence　in　terms　of　the　concrete；　in　our　overestimate　of　the　sensible；　we　question　how　that　other　Nature　can　reach　over　such　vastness；　but　our　great　is　small；　and　this；　small　to　us；　is　great；　it　reaches　integrally　to　every　point　of　our　universe…　or；　better；　our　universe；　moving　from　every　side　and　in　all　its　members　towards　this；　meets　it　everywhere　as　the　omnipresent　All　ever　stretching　beyond。　　　　　The　universe　in　all　its　reach　can　attain　nothing　further…　that　would　mean　overpassing　the　total　of　Being…　and　therefore　is　content　to　circle　about　it；　not　able　to　encompass　or　even　to　fill　the　All；　it　is　content　to　accept　place　and　subordination；　for　thus　it　preserves　itself　in　neighbouring　the　higher　present　to　it…　present　and　yet　absent；　self…holding；　whatever　may　seek　its　presence。　　　　　Wherever　the　body　of　the　universe　may　touch；　there　it　finds　this　All；　it　strives　for　no　further　advance；　willing　to　revolve　in　that　one　circle；　since　to　it　that　is　the　All　and　in　that　movement　its　every　part　embraces　the　All。　　　　　If　that　higher　were　itself　in　place　there　would　be　the　need　of　seeking　that　precise　place　by　a　certain　right　path；　part　of　seeker　must　touch　part　of　sought；　and　there　would　be　far　and　near。　But　since　there　is　no　far　and　near　there　must　be；　if　presence　at　all；　presence　entire。　And　presence　there　indubitably　is；　this　highest　is　present　to　every　being　of　those　that；　free　of　far　and　near；　are　of　power　to　receive。　　　　　3。　But　are　we　to　think　of　this　Authentic　Being　as；　itself；　present；　or　does　it　remain　detached；　omnipresent　in　the　sense　only　that　powers　from　it　enter　everywhere？　　　　　Under　the　theory　of　presence　by　powers；　souls　are　described　as　rays；　the　source　remains　self…locked　and　these　are　flung　forth　to　impinge　upon　particular　living　things。　　　　　Now；　in　beings　whose　unity　does　not　reproduce　the　entire　nature　of　that　principle；　any　presence　is　presence　of　an　emanant　power：　even　this；　however；　does　not　mean　that　the　principle　is　less　than　integrally　present；　it　is　not　sundered　from　the　power　which　it　has　uttered；　all　is　offered；　but　the　recipient　is　able　to　take　only　so　much。　But　in　Beings　in　which　the　plenitude　of　these　powers　is　manifested；　there　clearly　the　Authentic　itself　is　present；　though　still　as　remaining　distinct；　it　is　distinct　in　that；　becoming　the　informing　principle　of　some　definite　thing；　it　would　abdicate　from　its　standing　as　the　total　and　from　its　uttermost　self…abiding　and　would　belong；　in　some　mode　of　accident；　to　another　thing　as　well。　Still　it　is　not　the　property　of　what　may　seek　to　join　with　it；　it　chooses　where　it　will　and　enters　as　the　participant's　power　may　allow；　but　it　does　not　become　a　chattel；　it　remains　the　quested　and　so　in　another　sense　never　passes　over。　There　is　nothing　disquieting　in　omnipresence　after　this　mode　where　there　is　no　appropriation：　in　the　same　accidental　way；　we　may　reasonably　put　it；　soul　concurs　with　body；　but　it　is　soul　self…holding；　not　inbound　with　Matter；　free　even　of　the　body　which　it　has　illuminated　through　and　through。　　　　　Nor　does　the　placelessness　of　Being　make　it　surprising　that　it　be　present　universally　to　things　of　place；　on　the　contrary；　the　wonder　would　be…　the　more　than　wonder；　the　impossibility…　if　from　a　place　of　its　own　it　were　present　to　other　things　in　their　place；　or　if　having　place　it　were　present　at　all…　and；　especially　present；　as　we　assert；　integrally。　　　　　But　set　it　outside　of　place；　and　reason　tells　us　that　it　will　be　present　entire　where　it　is　present　at　all　and　that；　present　to　the　total；　it　must　be　present　in　the　same　completeness　to　every　several　unity；　otherwise　something　of　it　is　here　and　something　there；　and　at　once　it　is　fragmentary；　it　is　body。　　　　　How　can　we　so　dispart　Being？　We　cannot　break　Life　into　parts；　if　the　total　was　Life；　the　fragment　is　not。　But　we　do　not　thus　sunder　Intelligence；　one　intelligence　in　this　man；　another　in　that？　No；　such　a　fragment　would　not　be　Intelligence。　But　the　Being　of　the　individual？　Once　more；　if　the　total　thing　is　Being；　then　a　fragment　could　not　be。　Are　we　told　that　in　a　body；　a　total　of　parts；　every　member　is　also　a　body？　But　here　we　are　dividing　not　body　but　a　particular　quantity　of　body；　each　of　those　divisions　being　described　as　body　in　virtue　of　possessing　the　Form　or　Idea　that　constitutes　body；　and　this　Idea　has　no　magnitude；　is　incapable　of　magnitude。　　　　　4。　But　how　explain　beings　by　the　side　of　Being；　and　the　variety　of　intelligences　and　of　souls；　when　Being　has　the　unity　of　omnipresent　identity　and　not　merely　that　of　a　species；　and　when　intellect　and　soul　are　likewise　numerically　one？　We　certainly　distinguish　between　the　soul　of　the　All　and　the　particular　souls。　　　　　This　seems　to　conflict　with　our　view　which；　moreover；　for　all　its　logical　necessity；　scarcely　carries　conviction　against　our　mental　reluctance　to　the　notion　of　unity　identically　omnipresent。　It　would　appear　more　plausible　to　suppose　a　partition　of　the　All…the　original　re