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Iamblichus · Thomas Taylor
Translated by Thomas Moore Johnson, 1909 I. All beings owe their existence to the one, for even the first being itself is derived directly from the one. Much more do universal causes owe their power or efficiency to the one, and are held together in one connecting chain, and are moved in harmony, by the principle which is prior to the many. According to this theory, since natural causes are multiform and manifold, and depend on many principles, and from one universal cause multitude is suspended, and all things are interwoven with each other by and through one bond, the bond or chain of many causes is referred to the one power most comprehensive of cause, which is the bond of many causes. Therefore this one is the bond constituted from the multitude: nor does it make the supervening union from the connection, nor is it dispersed among particulars or individuals, but according to a …
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