 this intelligible universal has no reference no position and no amount. either its abstraction from position and matter is in relation to that from which it is taken which is impossible for that from which it is taken has a position a place and a amount. or it is in relation to the taker which is the rational soul and so the soul should have no position no reference to it and no amount. otherwise if that were proven it would be proven for that in which it is inhabited.
وذلك الكلي المعقول لا إشارة إليه ولا وضع له ولا مقدار، فإما أن يكون تجرده عن الوضع والمادة بالإضافة إلى المأخوذ منه وهو محال فإن المأخوذ منه ذو وضع وأين ومقدار، وإما أن يكون بالإضافة إلى الآخذ وهو النفس العاقلة فينبغي أن لا يكون للنفس وضع ولا إليه إشارة ولا له مقدار، وإلا لو ثبت ذلك لثبت للذي حل فيه.