Select Works, Section 582 (part 2)

The Hermetic axiom that the structure of the cosmos is reflected at every scale — 'as above, so below; as within, so without' — making each level a legible map of the others.

The author notes that what applies to numbers is equally true of magnitudes, reflecting a structural parallel between abstract and sensible realms.

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.

The text describes numbers as grouped prior and posterior with smaller numbers taking priority over greater ones, implying an ontological order of derivation.

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

The text explicitly debates the generative relationship of the 'One' to multiplicity ('One creates two') and posits a common source for all numbers.

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

The passage suggests that diverse numbers and magnitudes are reducible to a single type and share a common source.

Numbers, proportions, and mathematical relationships as the underlying structure of divine reality.

[auto] The passage centrally discusses the ontological status of numbers, dimensions, and the distinction between continuous and discrete as fundamental structures of reality.