Adam was created at the end precisely because he was called to unite in himself the whole creation and lead it to eternal life by uniting it with God. For this reason man is introduced as the last one into the existing things (τοῖς οὖσιν) as a natural link mediating between the extremes and bringing to unity into himself the things that are divided naturally by distance (τῷ διαστήματι)51 in order that they may be united in God.52
