Philosophy has always turneci on grammatical particles. With, near, next, like,, towards, against, because, for, through, my - these words designate types ofconjunctive relation arranged in a roughly ascending order of intimacy andinclusiveness. A priori, we can imagine a universe of withness but no nextness; orone of nextness but no likeness,of likeness with no activity,of activity withno purpose,of purpose with no ego. These would be universes, each with its owngrade of unity. The universe of human experience is, by oneanother of its parts,of each and all these grades. Whethernot it possibly enjoys some stili moreabsolute grade of does not appear upon the surface.