O soul: Contemplate the wisdom of the Creator of these things, take heed by it, and know that man was not created for any purpose except for knowledge and acting upon it—just as the good fruit was created only to be eaten

For as a cluster of grapes begins in a state where it is unfit for any of its intended purposes, then the flowing matter reaches it, bringing it to the stage of sweet acidity—at which point it becomes fit for some purposes but not all—then finally, the matter that brings it to the stage of perfection in all its intended meanings reaches it, and it becomes complete.

Likewise, the sensory man begins his [entry] into his world while being unfit for any of the purposes intended for him. Then, the flowing matter reaches him, bringing him to the state wherein he becomes fit to be a learner, though not yet a scholar. Once he has disciplined himself within this rank, the Great, Perfect, and Perfecting Matter reaches him, rendering him a scholar; at that point, he becomes complete.

Similarly, the intellectual man is but the potentiality that enters the organ, arriving with the seed into the womb; then, the formative power reaches him, which enables his shaping through the mediation of the Divine [powers].

Thus, when he becomes an intellect in potentiality, possessing both anger and desire, the second, completing power—which is the intellect in actuality—reaches him and leads him to the limit of perfection.