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pure springs, where they may recognize that they agree, whether they wish to or not, once the windings of the streams and the mixed-in filth have been left behind. For it will come to pass that most contradictions and controversies shall be settled through Neither or Both. This is the same way in which Christ settled the dispute between the Jews and Samaritans, who were arguing about the proper place of prayer, by saying: Neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, but everywhere in Spirit and in truth. Reference to John 4:21–23. And elsewhere: Do these things; do not leave those others undone. original Latin: "Hoc facite; illud ne omittite." Though the text cites Matthew 23:13, the quote actually refers to Matthew 23:23, where Christ counsels balance between outward religious duties and inner virtues like justice and mercy.
XV. The Efficient Cause In philosophy, the "efficient cause" is the primary agent or force that brings something into being. of such fullness and harmony can be nothing other than panarchia: Greek for "universal rule" or "universal beginning", that is, the Universality of the Principles of Knowing: specifically, so that whatever aids have been divinely provided to Man for increasing and refining the light of knowledge, all of them may be employed in their entirety. Consider, on the part of God—who reveals Himself to us outside of Himself—those "Theaters" in which He has displayed what He willed: namely, the World, with the whole workmanship of Nature; and our Mind, with all its inscribed Notions; and Divine Scripture, with all the mysteries revealed therein. On our part, however,