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That the ruling order of Gods is in continuity with the intellectual Gods. And that the division into fountains and principles may be assumed from the writings of Plato, through the theory about souls.

How the ruling Gods proceed. And that the supermundane peculiarity pertains to these Gods also.

What the peculiarity is of the ruling Gods. That the assimilative is especially characteristic of them. And how the causes of assimilation are antecedently assumed in the demiurgus; and how, in the intelligible paradigm.

What the powers are of the assimilative Gods. What their energies. And how many goods are imparted by them to the world, and to all mundane natures.

What the divisions are of the assimilative Gods. And that the greatest part of the discourse about them is concerning the middle orders in them.

Many demonstrations, that both according to Plato and other theologists, there is one demiurgus prior to the three demiurgi.

That Jupiter is twofold; one indeed, being prior to the three sons of Saturn, [but the other being one of them.] And how the three proceed from Saturn, and the one Jupiter.

That according to Plato also, the demiurgic monad subsists prior to the three sons of Saturn. Demonstrations of this from what is said in the Politicus, and in the Laws.