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in almost every attempt of philosophy to interpret the various developments of Divine 
Idea. 
434. If we suppose Existence and Intelligibility* to be convertible terms, the three 
momenta of the Intelligence which sustains the Intelligible-—or Intelligence affected, In- 
telligence per se, and Intelligence affecting,—may perhaps be represented by Conscious- 
ness, Power, and Manifestation. As Existence is transmitted through all time and space, 
in infinite ramifications, we may readily suppose it to be accompanied by the parallel 
ramifications of Intelligence, or even to be identical with them. The general relations of 
the subjective and objective, which we have attempted to trace by a symbolic analysis, 
might thus be infinitely modified, and our deductions would become like mathematical 
formulas, which require a due regard to the conditions of every problem to which they are 
applied, in order to determine their concrete significance. 
435. We have as yet but few data for judging of the adequacy of such a hypothesis, or 
of the effect that would be produced by extending the system which we have briefly ex- 
amined under our elementary Intellectual development, so as to embrace the Moral and the 
Practical, the Personal and the Social, with their myriad forms and groups of new combi- 
nations and relations. But if we give a moment’s reflection to the variety of those possible 
relations, the need of a good system of classification will be evident, and the great impulse 
that was given to mathematical discovery by the broad generalizations of the Calculus, 
shows the advantage of combining with such a system a language of symbols that will 
concisely, and at the same time plainly, embody the results of long and patient study, for 
future convenient use and reference.f 
436. The very errors of speculation, seem to confirm the fundamental relations of our 
present analysis. Ifit be admitted that every doctrine must have some basis of truth, in 
order to commend itself to any intelligent acceptance, the erroneous exaggerations which 
give undue prominence to favorite views, may be expected to show a natural grouping 
about certain primitive points of relationship. Such a grouping is evident in Cousin’s 
division of philosophic systems into Sensualism, Skepticism, Idealism, and Mysticism. 
437. If we place a too exclusive dependence on the affection of Consciousness by the 
* Not the imperfect Intelligibility of a finite mind, but that of the Infinite and All-pervading. 
+ The ternary division is not necessarily applicable, except when we wish to represent the modifications of any 
single power under its relations to itself and to another power. The successive subdivisions according to the same 
law are, however, perfectly natural, and may be extended as far as may seem desirable, in order to accomplish any 
special intellectual purpose. Whenever any such purpose can be better accomplished by a binary, quaternary, or 
other division, such a division should undoubtedly be adopted, but even then, a close examination would perhaps 
enable us to trace the new basis of classification to some blending and modification of two or more relative tripli- 
cities. 
