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nothing_o else_o ficin_n and_o in_o another_o place_n he_o say_v that_o they_o be_v instruct_v by_o their_o forefather_n that_o mind_n and_o a_o certain_a wonderful_a wisdom_n do_v at_o first_o frame_n and_o do_v now_o govern_v all_o thing_n his_o word_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o phileb_n p._n 28._o which_o sufficient_o show_v the_o antiquity_n of_o the_o notion_n of_o a_o incorporeal_a deity_n and_o the_o way_n also_o how_o they_o come_v by_o it_o of_o the_o same_o opinion_n also_o be_v socrates_n as_o we_o be_v tell_v by_o plutarch_n and_o other_o lib._n de_fw-fr placit_fw-la philos._n 1._o c._n 3._o zeno_n and_o the_o stoic_n define_v the_o deity_n to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o intellectual_a and_o rational_a nature_n or_o as_o plutarch_n recite_v their_o opinion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o intelligent_a spirit_n devoid_a of_o all_o bodily_a shape_n ibid._n and_o sextus_n empericus_n tell_v we_o of_o aristotle_n 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