minds, while in external reality there are only existing entities and their particular attributes that inhere in them, through which they resemble one another and differ.

As for this brief account, its purpose is to draw attention to concise, comprehensive points. Whoever understands them will appreciate their value; the door to guidance will open for him, and it will become possible for him to close the door to misguidance. Their detailed exposition and explanation belong to another occasion, for each occasion calls for its own discourse.

“The point” here is that relying on an argument of this kind to determine what is to be denied of the Lord and what He is to be declared free of—as many authors do—is a mistake, as anyone who reflects on it will recognize. This is one of the invalid methods of negation.