 Taken as a whole, the process of knowledge in Llull includes several steps that, even if they have a sequence of ascent and descent, form a circle which can be traversed in both directions. This process would begin, as was previously stated, with self-knowledge. Initially man would use his intellect to understand his own dynamism (Petit 2004), and in that process he will find the principles whose similarities—goodness, greatness, etc.—he will look for in the sensible things as he descends.