Against world-soul and corporeal composition of God
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God is not the soul of the world, nor a term of matter produced by an agent, because He is the first being.The idea in God is not other than God.God is the governor of the world, but not as a soul, nor as a sailor needing a ship, but far more eminently governing and vivifying all things by His goodness alone, with no necessity.
Latin
Deus non est anima mundi, nec materiae terminus ab agente productus, quia est ens primum. Idea in Deo non est aliud a Deo. Deus gubernator mundi est, sed non ut anima, neque ut nauta indigens navi, sed longe eminentius sola sua bonitate, nulla necessitate gubernans & vivificans omnia.