God's Relation To Spirits Is Not Like

God's Relation To Spirits Is Not Like That Of A Craftsman To His Work, But Also Like That Of A Prince To His Subjects.

What Is Is What Must Be.

And There Must Be Simple Substances, Because There Are Compounds; For The Compound Is Nothing But A Collection Or Aggregatum Of Simples.

There Is No Argument So Cogent Not Only In Demonstrating, The Indestructibility Of The Soul, But Also In Showing That It Always Preserves In Its Nature Traces Of All Its Preceding States With A Practical Remembrance Which Can Always Be Aroused. Since It Has The Consciousness Of Or Knows In Itself What Each One Calls His Me. This Renders It Open To Moral Qualities, To Chastisement And To Recompense Even After This Life, For Immortality Without Remembrance Would Be Of No Value.

There Is No Way In Which A Simple Substance Could Begin In The Course Of Nature, Since It Cannot Be Formed By Means Of Compounding.