Note (return) — Chapter XI

This SUPREME MIND, 619 Plato taught, is incorporeal, 620 unchangeable, 621 infinite, 622 absolutely perfect, 623 essentially good, 624 unoriginated, 625 and eternal. 626 He is "the Father, and Architect, and Maker of the Universe," 627 "the efficient Cause of all things." 628 "the Monarch and Ruler of the world," 629 "the sovereign Mind that orders all things, and pervades all things," 630 "the sole Principle of all things," 631 and "the Measure of all things," 632 He is "the Beginning of all truth," 633 "the Fountain of all law and justice," 634 "the Source of all order and beauty," 635 "the Cause of all good;" 636 in short, "he is the Beginning, the Middle, and End of all things." 637