Select Works, Section 700 (part 2)

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

The reference to the 'source of all reason' aligns with the concept of a single, undivided first principle from which existence flows.

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

The argument against chance in favor of a single source of reason supports the doctrine that reality is ultimately unified under one divine principle.

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 implies a hierarchical structure flowing from the source of reason through Intellectual-Principle to Nature, which brings form to things.

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 centrally argues that reason, order, and limit originate from a divine source rather than chance, defining the ordering principle of the universe.