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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d unbegotten_a and_o again_o he_o say_v in_o the_o same_o page_n that_o before_o the_o heaven_n be_v make_v by_o which_o in_o that_o place_n he_o mean_v this_o world_n there_o exi_v in_o the_o logos_fw-la or_o intellectual_a world_n idea_n and_o matter_n to_o which_o he_o add_v also_o in_o that_o discourse_n the_o demiourgus_n a._n what_o then_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o the_o make_n of_o the_o world_n and_o the_o novity_n of_o its_o essence_n so_o often_o mention_v in_o the_o school_n of_o plato_n b._n there_o be_v mean_v by_o it_o not_o any_o temporal_a creation_n of_o the_o very_a substance_n of_o matter_n but_o the_o production_n of_o this_o form_n 〈◊〉_d out_o of_o formless_a hyle_n which_o they_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d b._n or_o shapelesness_n god_n say_v plato_n 94._o meaning_n psyche_n make_v this_o world_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o all_o the_o preaexistent_a matter_n he_o make_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d out_o of_o the_o 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