As,  then,  among  visible  things  the  sun  is  neither
the  eye  nor  vision,  but  that  which  enables  the
eye  to  see,  and  renders  vision  possible,  and  in
consequence  of  it  visible   things  are  seen,  all
sensible  things  exist,  and  itself  is  rendered  visi-
ble ;  so  among  things  intelligible,  that  which  is
neither  reason,  nor  intelligent  perception,  nor
knowledge,  is  yet  the  cause  which  enables  the
reason  to  know,  which  renders  intelligent  per-
ception possible ;    and    in  consequence   of   it
knowledge  arises,   all   things  intelligible,  truth
itself  and  substance  have  their  existence ;  and
itself,  which  is  above  all  these  things,  becomes
in  some  ineffable  way  intelligible.     These  things
are  offered  to  the  consideration  of  the  intelli-
gent ;  and  if  even  you  can  understand  any  of
them,  it  is  well.     And  if  you  think  that  a  Divine
Spirit  has  descended  from   God   to  announce
divine  things  to  men,  it  is  doubtless  this  same
Spirit  that  reveals  these  truths,  and  it  was  under
the  same  influence  that  men  of  old  made  known
many  important  truths.     But  if  you  cannot  com-
prehend these  things,  then  keep  silence  ;  do  not
expose  your  own  ignorance,  and  do  not  accuse
of  blindness  those  who  see,  or  of  lameness  those
who  run,  while  you  yourselves  are  utterly  lamed
and  mutilated  in  mind,  and  lead  a  merely  animal
life — the  life  of  the  body,  which  is  the  dead  part
of  our  nature."


4  Rom.  viti.  9.
*  P«.  U.  xo.
*  yfffo-if.     For  the  distinction  between  ovcrui  and  yiv^Qx^^
Plato's  Sopkuta,  p.  246.
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ORIGEN  AGAINST  CELSUS.
