their saying perhaps in the beginning there are types of plurality that are necessary not from the aspect of the beginning. if it is said perhaps in the beginning there are types of plurality that are necessary not from the aspect of the beginning and only three or four have appeared to us and the rest we have not seen and our not finding its essence does not make us doubt that the beginning of plurality is plurality and that plurality does not issue from one.
قولهم لعل في المبدأ أنواعا من الكثرة لازمة لا من جهة المبدأ فإن قيل لعل في المبدأ أنواعا من الكثرة لازمة لا من جهة المبدأ، وإنما ظهر لنا ثلاثة أو أربعة والباقي لم نطلع عليه، وعدم عثورنا على عينه لا يشككنا في أن مبدأ الكثرة كثرة وأن الواحد لا يصدر منه كثير.