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established.
If it is possible to conceive of the existence of an able, knower, doer and planner yet
without life, it will
be possible to doubt the life of animals, despite their movements, as well as the life of all
craftsmen and
artisans, all of which is utter ignorance and error.
(iv) Will
The fourth principle is the knowledge that He - the High - is Willing for His Deeds. And nothing
exists
which does not depend upon, and proceed from His Will. He is the Creator, the Restorer, the Doer of
whatsoever He wills. And how could He not be a Willer when, in every deed which has proceeded from
Him, its opposite could have proceeded from Him; for whosoever has no opposite it is possible
that
action could proceed from Him by Himself before or after the time in which it has proceeded.
And it suits His Power both the two opposites and the two times in the same way. Therefore, it is
necessary that there should be a Will which directs His Power to one of the two possibilities.
If it is possible to conceive of the existence of an able, knower, doer and planner yet
without life, it will
be possible to doubt the life of animals, despite their movements, as well as the life of all
craftsmen and
artisans, all of which is utter ignorance and error.
(iv) Will
The fourth principle is the knowledge that He - the High - is Willing for His Deeds. And nothing
exists
which does not depend upon, and proceed from His Will. He is the Creator, the Restorer, the Doer of
whatsoever He wills. And how could He not be a Willer when, in every deed which has proceeded from
Him, its opposite could have proceeded from Him; for whosoever has no opposite it is possible
that
action could proceed from Him by Himself before or after the time in which it has proceeded.
And it suits His Power both the two opposites and the two times in the same way. Therefore, it is
necessary that there should be a Will which directs His Power to one of the two possibilities.