Philosophy has always turneci on grammatical particles. With near next like from towards against because for through my - these words designate types of conjunctive relation arranged in a roughly ascending order of intimacy and inclusiveness. A priori we can imagine a universe of withness but no nextness; or one of nextness but no likeness or of likeness with no activity or of activity with no purpose or of purpose with no ego. These would be universes each with its own grade of unity. The universe of human experience is by one or another of its parts of each and all these grades. Whether or not it possibly enjoys some stili more absolute grade of union does not appear upon the surface.