the six enneads-第79章

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　in　the　sense　of　contact　broken；　and　the　distinction　between　base　and　entrant　is　patent　not　to　the　senses　but　to　the　reason。　　　　　In　that　example；　no　doubt；　the　mental　representation…　though　it　seems　to　have　a　wide　and　unchecked　control…　is　an　image；　while　the　Soul　＇Mind＇　is　in　its　nature　not　an　image　＇but　a　Reality＇：　none　the　less　the　Soul　or　Mind　certainly　stands　to　the　concept　as　Matter；　or　in　some　analogous　relation。　The　representation；　however；　does　not　cover　the　Mind　over；　on　the　contrary　it　is　often　expelled　by　some　activity　there；　however　urgently　it　presses　in；　it　never　effects　such　an　obliteration　as　to　be　taken　for　the　Soul；　it　is　confronted　there　by　indwelling　powers；　by　Reason…Principles；　which　repel　all　such　attack。　　　　　Matter…　feebler　far　than　the　Soul　for　any　exercise　of　power；　and　possessing　no　phase　of　the　Authentic　Existents；　not　even　in　possession　of　its　own　falsity…　lacks　the　very　means　of　manifesting　itself；　utter　void　as　it　is；　it　becomes　the　means　by　which　other　things　appear；　but　it　cannot　announce　its　own　presence。　Penetrating　thought　may　arrive　at　it；　discriminating　it　from　Authentic　Existence；　then；　it　is　discerned　as　something　abandoned　by　all　that　really　is；　by　even　the　dimmest　semblants　of　being；　as　a　thing　dragged　towards　every　shape　and　property　and　appearing　to　follow…　yet　in　fact　not　even　following。　　　　　16。　An　Ideal…Principle　approaches　and　leads　Matter　towards　some　desired　dimension；　investing　this　non…existent　underlie　with　a　magnitude　from　itself　which　never　becomes　incorporate…　for　Matter；　if　it　really　incorporated　magnitude；　would　be　a　mass。　　　　　Eliminate　this　Ideal…Form　and　the　substratum　ceases　to　be　a　thing　of　magnitude；　or　to　appear　so：　the　mass　produced　by　the　Idea　was；　let　us　suppose；　a　man　or　a　horse；　the　horse…magnitude　came　upon　the　Matter　when　a　horse　was　produced　upon　it；　when　the　horse　ceases　to　exist　upon　the　Matter；　the　magnitude　of　the　horse　departs　also。　If　we　are　told　that　the　horse　implies　a　certain　determined　bulk　and　that　this　bulk　is　a　permanent　thing；　we　answer　that　what　is　permanent　in　this　case　is　not　the　magnitude　of　the　horse　but　the　magnitude　of　mass　in　general。　That　same　Magnitude　might　be　fire　or　earth；　on　their　disappearance　their　particular　magnitudes　would　disappear　with　them。　Matter；　then；　can　never　take　to　itself　either　pattern　or　magnitude；　if　it　did；　it　would　no　longer　be　able　to　turn　from　being　fire；　let　us　say；　into　being　something　else；　it　would　become　and　be　fire　once　for　all。　　　　　In　a　word；　though　Matter　is　far　extended…　so　vastly　as　to　appear　co…extensive　with　all　this　sense…known　Universe…　yet　if　the　Heavens　and　their　content　came　to　an　end；　all　magnitude　would　simultaneously　pass　from　Matter　with；　beyond　a　doubt；　all　its　other　properties；　it　would　be　abandoned　to　its　own　Kind；　retaining　nothing　of　all　that　which；　in　its　own　peculiar　mode；　it　had　hitherto　exhibited。　　　　　Where　an　entrant　force　can　effect　modification　it　will　inevitably　leave　some　trace　upon　its　withdrawal；　but　where　there　can　be　no　modification；　nothing　can　be　retained；　light　comes　and　goes；　and　the　air　is　as　it　always　was。　　　　　That　a　thing　essentially　devoid　of　magnitude　should　come　to　a　certain　size　is　no　more　astonishing　than　that　a　thing　essentially　devoid　of　heat　should　become　warm：　Matter's　essential　existence　is　quite　separate　from　its　existing　in　bulk；　since；　of　course；　magnitude　is　an　immaterial　principle　as　pattern　is。　Besides；　if　we　are　not　to　reduce　Matter　to　nothing；　it　must　be　all　things　by　way　of　participation；　and　Magnitude　is　one　of　those　all　things。　　　　　In　bodies；　necessarily　compounds；　Magnitude　though　not　a　determined　Magnitude　must　be　present　as　one　of　the　constituents；　it　is　implied　in　the　very　notion　of　body；　but　Matter…　not　a　Body…　excludes　even　undetermined　Magnitude。　　　　　17。　Nor　can　we；　on　the　other　hand；　think　that　matter　is　simply　Absolute　Magnitude。　　　　　Magnitude　is　not；　like　Matter；　a　receptacle；　it　is　an　Ideal…Principle：　it　is　a　thing　standing　apart　to　itself；　not　some　definite　Mass。　The　fact　is　that　the　self…gathered　content　of　the　Intellectual　Principle　or　of　the　All…Soul；　desires　expansion　＇and　thereby　engenders　secondaries＇：　in　its　images…　aspiring　and　moving　towards　it　and　eagerly　imitating　its　act…　is　vested　a　similar　power　of　reproducing　their　states　in　their　own　derivatives。　The　Magnitude　latent　in　the　expansive　tendency　of　the　Image…making　phase　＇of　Intellect　or　All…Soul＇　runs　forth　into　the　Absolute　Magnitude　of　the　Universe；　this　in　turn　enlists　into　the　process　the　spurious　magnitude　of　Matter：　the　content　of　the　Supreme；　thus；　in　virtue　of　its　own　prior　extension　enables　Matter…　which　never　possesses　a　content…　to　exhibit　the　appearance　of　Magnitude。　It　must　be　understood　that　spurious　Magnitude　consists　in　the　fact　that　a　thing　＇Matter＇　not　possessing　actual　Magnitude　strains　towards　it　and　has　the　extension　of　that　straining。　All　that　is　Real　Being　gives　forth　a　reflection　of　itself　upon　all　else；　every　Reality；　therefore；　has　Magnitude　which　by　this　process　is　communicated　to　the　Universe。　　　　　The　Magnitude　inherent　in　each　Ideal…Principle…　that　of　a　horse　or　of　anything　else…　combines　with　Magnitude　the　Absolute　with　the　result　that；　irradiated　by　that　Absolute；　Matter　entire　takes　Magnitude　and　every　particle　of　it　becomes　a　mass；　in　this　way；　by　virtue　at　once　of　the　totality　of　Idea　with　its　inherent　magnitude　and　of　each　several　specific　Idea；　all　things　appear　under　mass；　Matter　takes　on　what　we　conceive　as　extension；　it　is　compelled　to　assume　a　relation　to　the　All　and；　gathered　under　this　Idea　and　under　Mass；　to　be　all　things…　in　the　degree　in　which　the　operating　power　can　lead　the　really　nothing　to　become　all。　　　　　By　the　conditions　of　Manifestation；　colour　rises　from　non…colour　＇=　from　the　colourless　prototype　of　colour　in　the　Ideal　Realm＇。　Quality；　known　by　the　one　name　with　its　parallel　in　the　sphere　of　Primals；　rises；　similarly；　from　non…quality：　in　precisely　the　same　mode；　the　Magnitude　appearing　upon　Matter　rises　from　non…Magnitude　or　from　that　Primal　which　is　known　to　us　by　the　same　name；　so　that　material　things　become　visible　through　standing　midway　between　bare　underlie　and　Pure　Idea。　All　is　perceptible　by　virtue　of　this　origin　in　the　Intellectual　Sphere　but　all　is　falsity　since　the　base　in　which　the　manifestation　takes　place　is　a　non…existent。　　　　　Particular　entities　thus　attain　their　Magnitude　through　being　drawn　out　by　the　power　of　the　Existents　which　mirror　themselves　and　make　space　for　themselves　in　them。　And　no　violence　is　required　to　draw　them　into　all　the　diversity　of　Shapes　and　Kinds　because　the　phenomenal　All　exists　by　Matter　＇by　Matter's　essential　all…receptivity＇　and　because　each　several　Idea；　moreover；　draws　Matter　its　own　way　by　the　power　stored　within　itself；　the　power　it　holds　from　the　Intellectual　Realm。　Matter　is　manifested　in　this　sphere　as　Mass　by　the　fact　that　it　mirrors　the　Absolute　Magnitude；　Magnitude　here　is　the　reflection　in　the　mirror。　The　Ideas　meet　all　of　necessity　in　Matter　＇the　Ultimate　of　the　emanatory　progress＇：　and　Matter；　both　as　one　total　thing　and　in　its　entire　scope；　must　submit　itself；　since　it　is　the　Material　of　the　entire　Here；　not　of　any　one　determined　thing：　what　is；　in　its　own　ch