Liber de Causis (The Book of Causes)

(2) Diverse degrees of proximity to the First Cause according to participation of natural perfection [Prop. 19/XVIII]

2. How Higher Causes Flow Over into Lower Causes: [Props. 20–23/XIX–XXII]

a) Universal governance of the First Cause: [Props. 20–22/XIX–XXI]

(1) Mode of divine governance [Prop. 20/XIX]

(2) Sufficiency of God to govern [Prop. 21/XX]

(3) Excellence of divine goodness [Prop. 22/XXI]

b) Governance of Intelligence through the power of the First Cause [Prop. 23/XXII]

3. How Lower Causes Diversely Receive The Effluence from the First Cause [Props. 24–32/XXIII–XXXI]

a) In general [Prop. 24/XXIII]

b) In particular: [Props. 25–32/XXIV–XXXI]

(1) Diversity of corruptible and incorruptible substances: [Props. 25–27/XXIV–XXVI]

(a) Ungenerated substances [Prop. 25/XXIV]

(b) Incorruptible substances [Prop. 26/XXV]

(c) Corruptible substances [Prop. 27/XXVI]

(2) Diversity of simple and composite substances [Props. 28–29/XXVII–XXVIII]