DLW 205
In sequential order
the first degree constitutes the highest element,
and the third the lowest;
but in concurrent order
the first degree constitutes the inmost element,
and the third the outmost.
Discrete degrees exist in
sequential order and in concurrent order.
[2] When degrees of height
or discrete degrees
are in sequential order,
they may then be likened to a column or tower
divided into three levels
through which one may ascend or descend,
whose uppermost story contains things
most perfect and beautiful,
the intermediate story things less perfect and beautiful,
and the lowest story things still less perfect and beautiful.
[3] Concurrent order, on the other hand,
which consists of like degrees,
has a different appearance.
. . . They are like concentric layers in a solid object
consisting of three such degrees,
whose core or center contains the finest elements,
round about which are elements less fine,
and in the outmost parts which form the surface,
elements composed of these, and thus cruder.
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