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ligent (a) will seem true, but being without intelligence 

 incredible. For the understanding is the believing, and 

 the disbelieving is the not understanding. For my dis- 

 course attains even up to the truth. For the Mind is 

 great, and being brought on the way by the discourse up 

 to a certain point, is able to attain the Truth ; and having 

 considered all these things, and found them consonant, it be- 

 lieved those interpreted by the discourse, and hath rested (6) 

 in that beautiful belief. To those then having understood 

 the aforesaid from The God they are credible, but to those 

 not having understood incredible. Let these things and 

 so much be discoursed concerning Understanding and 

 Sense. 



CHAPTER X. 



The Key. To his Son Tat. 



1. THE Discourse of yesterday, Asclepius! I addressed 

 to thee, but that of to-day it is just to address to The Tat, 

 since moreover it is an epitome of the generic discourses 

 which have been spoken to him T The God then and 

 Father and The Good, Tat ! has the same Nature, or 

 rather also Energy. For the appellation of Nature (c) is 

 also that of increase, which is concerning things change- 

 able and unchangeable, and moveable and immoveable, 

 that is things Divine and things human, of which He wills 

 each to be. But Energy is otherwise (d), as we have taught 

 also respecting other things Divine and human ; what one 

 must understand about this. 



2. For the Energy of Him is The Will, and His Essence 

 the Willing all things to be. For what is God and Father 

 and the Good, than the being of all things not yet in 

 being? But the very existence (e) of the Entities, that is 



(a) svttoovvTi. (6) fTrotyiTroc.vosc.ro. (c) i.e., 



(e) 



