You will therefore find no problem in the fact that Rabbi Moshe Cordovero of blessed memory interpreted the entire Zohar only in terms of the Sefirot, for it is certainly true, of course, that the entire government depends upon the Ten Sefirot. Except that in this aspect, we understand the government through them but not through their parts – we know in general what comes out of them.
And when we know the Partzuf, besides knowing from which Sefirah something in the world derives, we will also know from which part and which aspect or feature of that Sefirah it derives. Thus each Partzuf is initially a Sefirah: this is the foundation upon which that particular structure is built. More than that, it is a Partzuf. Thus the proposition continues: