1. [/Her/.] There is, then, That which transcends being, 1
<#fn_72>—beyond all things existent, and all that really are.

For That-transcending-being is [that mystery] because of which exists
that being-ness 2 <#fn_73> which is called universal, common unto
intelligibles that really are, and to those beings which are thought of
according to the law of sameness.

Those which are contrary to these, according to the law of otherness,
are again themselves according to themselves. 3 <#fn_74>

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And Nature is an essence which the senses can perceive, containing in
itself all sensibles.

2. Between these 1 <#fn_75> are the intelligible 2 <#fn_76> and the
sensible gods.

Things that pertain to the intelligence, share in [the nature of] the
Gods that are intelligible only; while things pertaining to opinion,
have their part with those that are the sensible.

These latter are the images of the intelligences 3 <#fn_77>; the Sun,
for instance, is the image of the Demiurgic God above the Heaven.

For just as He hath made the universe, so doth Sun make the animals, and
generate the plants, and regulate the breaths. 4 <#fn_78>