Select Works, Section 560 (part 2)

Describing the divine only by negation—God transcends all positive categories and concepts; the via negativa.

The nature of Primary Substance is defined negatively by what it does not require or depend upon (Quality and Quantity).

The absolutely simple, undivided first principle from which all multiplicity and existence flows.

Primary Substance is presented as a fundamental principle containing other attributes as consequents, resembling the concept of a first principle.

The doctrine that all existence is ultimately one substance or one divine reality; non-duality as a theological claim.

The text refers to 'Substance as such', implying a unified underlying reality distinct from particular composite substances.

The doctrine that God has no parts, divisions, or composite attributes; pure undivided being.

[auto] The passage distinguishes between simples and composites, asserting that Primary Substance does not depend on qualities or quantity for its subsistence.

A chain of divine beings or principles flowing downward from a single transcendent source (the One or the Father), each level less perfect than the one above.

[auto] Quality and Quantity are explicitly described as posterior and subsequent to Primary Substance, establishing an ontological hierarchy.