Kutsal Felsefe

To the truly Christian philosopher, this spirit, viewed in a general sense and endowed with the power of Wisdom, is defined as an infinite nature. It procreates like from like, generating and increasing all things, and contains the names of all things within itself. For by its nature, it is animal, stone, wood, and tree; indeed, all visible bodies, whether they are imperfectly or perfectly mixed, are animated by this spirit through divine wisdom and are held stable by its bond. It is the ligament of the elements and the power of mixing. By means of its central soul within every object in this world, it brings about the blending of the elements and imprints the form appropriate to its species, through which that thing is distinguished and separated from any other. Yet, this hidden nature possesses no specific color of its own, even though it shares in and creates all colors. It has no weight or quality itself, yet it is the source of all weights and qualities, and the fertile mother of all things. This is why Anaximenes boldly asserted that air is the cause of all things, and Anaximander regarded it as God, seeing it as the first principle of all things.