the six enneads-第224章

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r　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　Life　was　a　vestige　of　that　Primal　not　a　life　lived　by　it；　Life；　then；　as　it　looked　towards　That　was　undetermined；　having　looked　it　had　determination　though　That　had　none。　Life　looks　to　unity　and　is　determined　by　it；　taking　bound；　limit；　form。　But　this　form　is　in　the　shaped；　the　shaper　had　none；　the　limit　was　not　external　as　something　drawn　about　a　magnitude；　the　limit　was　that　of　the　multiplicity　of　the　Life　There；　limitless　itself　as　radiated　from　its　great　Prior；　the　Life　itself　was　not　that　of　some　determined　being；　or　it　would　be　no　more　than　the　life　of　an　individual。　Yet　it　is　defined；　it　must　then　have　been　defined　as　the　Life　of　a　unity　including　multiplicity；　certainly　too　each　item　of　the　multiplicity　is　determined；　determined　as　multiple　by　the　multiplicity　of　Life　but　as　a　unity　by　the　fact　of　limit。　　　　　As　what；　then；　is　its　unity　determined？　　　　　As　Intellectual…Principle：　determined　Life　is　Intellectual…Principle。　And　the　multiplicity？　　　　　As　the　multiplicity　of　Intellectual…Principles：　all　its　multiplicity　resolves　itself　into　Intellectual…Principles…　on　the　one　hand　the　collective　Principle；　on　the　other　the　particular　Principles。　　　　　But　does　this　collective　Intellectual…Principle　include　each　of　the　particular　Principles　as　identical　with　itself？　　　　　No：　it　would　be　thus　the　container　of　only　the　one　thing；　since　there　are　many　Intellectual…Principles　within　the　collective；　there　must　be　differentiation。　　　　　Once　more；　how　does　the　particular　Intellect　come　to　this　differentiation？　　　　　It　takes　its　characteristic　difference　by　becoming　entirely　a　unity　within　the　collective　whose　totality　could　not　be　identical　with　any　particular。　　　　　Thus　the　Life　in　the　Supreme　was　the　collectivity　of　power；　the　vision　taking　place　There　was　the　potentiality　of　all；　Intellectual…Principle；　thus　arising；　is　manifested　as　this　universe　of　Being。　It　stands　over　the　Beings　not　as　itself　requiring　base　but　that　it　may　serve　as　base　to　the　Form　of　the　Firsts；　the　Formless　Form。　And　it　takes　position　towards　the　soul