So, when we come to know a being that is present at all...

So, when we come to know a being that is present at all times and in all places and who possesses the highest conceivable degree of perfection, and other than whom nothing is perfect or absolute and free from defect, we must recognize that to impute duality to such a lofty reality is to make it finite and limited. Indeed, God is not one in a numerical sense so that we might imagine Him to be the first member of a category that is followed by a second.

His oneness is such that if we imagine a second to exist with Him, that second must be identical with the first. Since the multiplicity of things derives from the limiting circumstances that differentiate them from each other, it would be totally irrational to posit a second…