THE OLD PHILOSOPHER'S CANON OF REASON AND VIRTUE.

I. 1. REASON'S REALIZATION.

1. The Reason that can be reasoned is not the eternal Reason. The name that can be named is not the eternal Name. The Unnamable is of heaven and earth the beginning. The Namable becomes of the ten thousand things the mother.

Therefore it is said:

2. "He who desireless is found
The spiritual of the world will sound.
But he who by desire is bound
Sees the mere shell of things around."

3. These two things are the same in source but different in name. Their sameness is called a mystery. Indeed, p. 74 it is the mystery of mysteries. Of all spirituality it is the door.

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