Firstofall, IwishthereadertorecallthepassagewithwhichweclosedtheSecondBook,—apassageoccasionedbythequestion, whichmetusthen, , itappearedclearlybeforeushow, inallthegradesofitsmanifestation, fromthelowesttothehighest, , forstrivingisitssolenature, , butcanonlyberestrainedbyhindrances, , gravity, whichdoesnotceasetostriveandpresstowardsamathematicalcentretoreachwhichwouldbetheannihilationbothofitselfandmatter, , foronlysowillitschemicalforcesbefree; , , i.e., withouttendencyorwithoutdesireandlonging, asJacobB?-repulsiontoinfinity, , solongasthepileisworking, anaimless, , [pg399] neversatisfiedstriving, aceaselesstendencythroughever-ascendingforms, tilltheend, theseed, becomesanewstarting-point; andthisrepeatedadinfinitum—nowhereanend, nowhereafinalsatisfaction, , fromtheSecondBook, thatthemultitudeofnaturalforcesandorganisedformseverywherestrivewitheachotherforthematterinwhichtheydesiretoappear, foreachofthemonlypossesseswhatithaswrestedfromtheothers; andthusaconstantinternecinewariswaged, fromwhich, forthemostpart, arisestheresistancethroughwhichthatstriving, whichconstitutestheinnernatureofeverything, isatallpointshindered; strugglesinvain, yet, fromitsnature, cannotleaveoff; toilsonlaboriouslytillthisphenomenondies, whenotherseagerlyseizeitsplaceanditsmatter.
