THE SUPREME IS ABOVE BEING BECAUSE NOT DEPENDENT THEREON.
The ancient (philosophers), in enigmatical utterances, said that (the divinity) is above "being."[199] This must be understood to mean not only that He begets being, but because He is not dependent on "being" or on Himself. Not even His own "being" is to Him a principle; for He himself is the principle of "being." Not for Himself did he make it; but, having made it, He left it outside of Himself, because He has no need of essence, since He himself made it. Thus, even though He exist, He does not produce that which is meant by that verb.