Indeed, that kind of
analysis shows that the section in which it is located — the third section of the first chapter in the second
part of Process and Reality (II.I.3)-- is mostly made of insertions.34 However, given its
thematic continuity with materials that belong to the original version of that same section and of the previous section (II.I.2), the first full paragraph of Process 46 appears to belong to that original version.35 More precisely, Whitehead had clearly stated, in section II.I.2, his option for a «theory embracing the notions of «actual entity», «giveness», and «process»» (Process 43), a theory in which «the ontological principle is the first stage» (Process 43).