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Select Works, Section 657 (part 2)

We cannot be content with the conviction of their goodness on the ground of their origin in that realm: we do not deny that things deriving Thence are good, but our subject demands that we discover the mode by which they come to possess that goodness.
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Divine Simplicitytheology

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

[auto] It states that 'every Reason-Principle is a unity,' emphasizing the undivided nature of the archetypal forms.

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Emanation Hierarchycosmology

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] The text describes a higher realm containing lower things and argues that multiple entities here derive from a primal unity above.

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Logoscosmology

The divine reason, word, or ordering principle through which the universe was created; mediates between the transcendent God and the material world.

[auto] The passage explicitly and repeatedly references the 'Reason-Principle' as the shaping force of existence and life.

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Monadcosmology

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

[auto] The passage argues that multiplicity must derive from a 'unity' and posits a 'primal plant' as a singular source of being.

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Unity Of Beingtheology

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

[auto] The text suggests the universe holds everything and that diverse things derive from a single primal source.

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