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The body is a means of self-manifesta,tion, both to the self 

 and to others ......... 70 



The fret spirit, or principle of unity, in man 73 



Spirit is immanent in matter when the matter serves as the 

 vehicle of the spirit's activities, for then the sense of the 

 otherness of the matter is lost '. . . . . -74 



God can think the Cosmos as an 'other,' as a self-limitation; 

 but inasmuch as His purpose is being worked out through 

 His indwelling, it becomes no longer an 'other' but a part 

 of Himself 76 



For man, matter only acquires meaning, as opposed to mere 

 otherness, when he for the time indwells it. All matter 

 acquires its meaning and purpose from the fact that it is 

 indwelt by God 77 



Man can look upon himself as I and thou ; but he knows that 

 he is one, and this unity is brought about by his spirit of 

 freedom 77 



Freedom to fulfil the ends willed by the self completes the 

 unity of the self 78 



The three aspects of activity (fatherhood), thought (son- 

 ship) and the freedom (spirithood) that makes it possible 

 for the self to link the two first together, are as necessary 

 to man's transcendent existence as to his existence in time 

 and space .......... 80 



Revelation apart, we see the necessity for the triune 

 functioning of God, in His relation to the Cosmos. The 

 creative function of the Father; the mediating function of 

 the Son; and the energising force of the indwelling Spirit . 82 



Oneness is threefold, when it is the oneness of a person . 83 



And each of the three aspects is necessarily hypostatised 

 when we think of it, e.g. I cannot think of myself as creative 

 merely, but as a creative being 84 



CHAPTER III 

 THE TRIUNITY OF PERSONALITY 



The psychologist finds the human mind to be threefold ; the 

 philosopher declares human personality to be threefold; the 

 Christian theologian believes Divine Personality to be 

 threefold . 86 



