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the whole of space ; it is space itself ; when he willed to 

 act, he became time ; but when he was time, he became 

 space. 



115. Space has not been created, but has emerged out 

 of the Eternal ; it is nothing new in the universe, nothing 

 next to God and present with him, but co-existent with 

 God. 



116. Single things must be both in space and in time ; 

 or a real thing first originates, where time and space 

 cross each other at one point ; they cross, however, every 

 where, and therefore things are everywhere. 



117. There is no void or empty space, no time and no 

 place, were a Finite could not be ; for time and space are 

 virtually the manifesting primary act, the zero that has 

 become thing. 



118. Time has begun with number, space with the 

 point, with the spatial nothing, with the zero of space. 

 This point necessarily posits itself "ad infinitum;" it 

 extends itself also in all directions, and necessarily in 

 equal distances. Such an extended point is the Sphere. 



119. The sphere is nothing peculiar, nothing new in 

 the thoughts of God, but only the point expanded, while 

 this again is but a contracted sphere, just as the totality of 

 numbers is an expanded 0,and this their contracted sphere. 



120. Space is spherical, and, indeed, an infinite sphere. 

 The sphere has been posited with space, and consequently 

 from eternity; it is also an idea, and that, indeed, the total 

 idea ; for time and space have in it been posited together. 



121. For God to become real, he must appear under 

 the form of the sphere. There is no other form for God. 

 God manifesting is an infinite sphere* 



122. The sphere is, therefore, the most perfect form; 

 for it is the primary, the divine form. Angular forms are 

 imperfect. The more spherical a thing is in form, by so 

 much the more perfect and divine is it. The Inorganic 

 is angular, the Organic spherical. 



123. The universe is a globe, and everything, which is 

 a Total in the universe, is a globe. 



