We say as a whole and in detail, because when we speak of a whole we mean together with it the details of which it is composed. For it comes into existence and is composed from the details, and so it is these which give it its name, just as what is shared is named by its parts. So if you take away the details, the whole is just an empty name, resembling a surface with nothing within it. Thus to attribute to God universal rule, while removing the details, is a useless expression, and like assigning emptiness to him. The comparison with the universal kingship of earthly kings does not hold. That is why we now say that these two spheres exert their influence as a whole and in detail.