Meaning, that which has no subsistence by itself, such that it neither senses, perceives, nor is conscious by itself, and which is moreover encompassed by the judgment of generation and effectuality, entering into the scope of multiple compounds that dissolve into simple elements and radiations, and is beset by changes and alterations—is it permissible to say that it is the primary being and the earliest influence upon the existent? And that these natural beings and others are merely the traces of its activity and effectiveness? No! For this is of degraded speech and nonsensical belief, which the liberated intellect does not accept and sound logic rejects.