Definitions of the Principles

1. Goodness is the being on account of which good does good.
2. Greatness is the being on account of which Goodness, Eternity etc. are great.
3. Duration, or Eternity is the being on account of which Goodness, Greatness etc. are lasting.
4. Power is the being on account of which Goodness, Greatness etc. can exist and act.
5. Wisdom is the being on account of which the wise understand.
6. Will is the being on account of which Goodness, Greatness etc. are desirable.
7. Virtue is the source of union among Goodness, Greatness etc.
8. Truth is that which is true about Goodness, Greatness etc.
9. Glory is the bliss in which Goodness, Greatness etc. repose.
10. Difference is that on account of which Goodness, Greatness etc. are clear reasons without any confusion.
11. Concordance is that on account of which Goodness, Greatness etc. agree in unity and plurality.
12. Contrariety is a mutual resistance of things with divergent ends.
13. The Beginning is what comes before everything else on account of some priority.
14. The Middle is the subject through which the End influences the Beginning and the Beginning transmits its influence back to the End, and it naturally participates in both.
15. The End is that in which the Beginning reposes.
16. Majority is the image of the immensity of Goodness, Greatness etc.
17. Equality is the subject in which the End of the Concordance of Goodness, Greatness etc. reposes.
18. Minority is a being close to nothingness.
19. Light is the being that illuminates substances and dispels the darkness.

To have full knowledge of light, we will later define it with the help of these definitions

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