That is the very point, I said, upon which our adversaries cannot fail to have doubts; viz. that all things depend on God and are encompassed by Him, or, that there is any divinity at all transcending the physical world.

_Γ. Αὐτὸ δὲ τοῦτο, εἶπον ἐγὼ, πῶς ἂν τοῖς ἀντιλέγουσιν ἀναμφίβολον γένοιτο, τὸ ἐκ Θεοῦ εἶναι τὰ πάντα, καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ περικρατεῖσθαι τὰ ὄντα, ἢ καὶ ὅλως τὸ εἶναί τι Θεῖον τῆς τῶν ὄντων ὑπερκείμενον φύσεως;