The Immaterial Intellect Is the First Principle

Platinus asks us to begin by reflecting on familiar things and on ourselves. He tries to show us that we must keep on pushing with our inquiry until we find an utterly unified first principle. Of course, such a principle would be incorporeal. But here's another thought: Couldn't the first principle be a mind? Not the human soul, perhaps, but an immaterial intellect That would grasp its knowledge all at once and never do anything else.