S. “And it is also intellectual; for intellectual facts can be only seen by an intellectual being.”
P. “True.”
S. “And also moral; for moral facts can only be seen by a moral being.”
P. “True also.”
S. “But this spirit is evidently not a man; it remains therefore, that it must be some demon.”
P. “But why one of the greatest?”
S. “Tell me, Phaethon, is not God to be numbered among facts as they are?”
P. “Assuredly; for he is before all others and more eternal and absolute than all.”
S. “Then this spirit of truth must also be able to see God as he is.”
P. “It is probable.”