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plato_n tertullian_n say_v 276._o that_o he_o hold_v certain_a invisible_a incorporeal_a supermundial_n divine_a eternal_a substance_n to_o which_o he_o give_v the_o name_n of_o idea_n as_o the_o cause_n of_o visible_a thing_n for_o his_o archetypal_a idea_n it_o be_v manifest_a to_o the_o reader_n of_o his_o work_n and_o particular_o of_o his_o timaeus_n that_o he_o suppose_v he_o to_o be_v a_o be_v as_o subsistent_a by_o itself_o as_o matter_n and_o distinct_a from_o the_o supreme_a divinity_n he_o speak_v of_o it_o as_o a_o thing_n be_v or_o person_n not_o as_o a_o mere_a pattern_n of_o thing_n and_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o platform_n be_v hold_v by_o he_o to_o be_v but_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o image_n of_o his_o principal_a idea_n 6._o the_o next_o power_n to_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o god_n the_o pure_a and_o unmixed_a good_a be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o intellect_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d existence_n 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verse_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 367._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v jupiter_n the_o fire_n juno_n the_o air_n pluto_n the_o earth_n and_o nestis_fw-la or_o the_o womb_n the_o water_n be_v the_o four_o root_n of_o all_o thing_n the_o like_a we_o find_v in_o the_o form_n of_o the_o pythagorick_a oath_n in_o these_o word_n 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d carm._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a._n this_o to_o i_o be_v a_o pythagorick_a riddle_n how_o do_v you_o expound_v it_o b._n i_o construe_v the_o distich_n thus_o no_o or_o yea_o by_o he_o from_o who_o we_o learn_v the_o tetractys_n for_o they_o swear_v by_o their_o master_n 20._o a_o fountain_n contain_v in_o it_o the_o root_n or_o element_n of_o everflow_v matter_n for_o so_o i_o interpret_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 377._o not_o as_o some_o of_o eternal_a matter_n of_o which_o the_o element_n be_v not_o the_o root_n and_o which_o be_v not_o here_o speak_v of_o but_o of_o the_o second_o matter_n which_o 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etc._n make_v he_o a_o phaenician_a and_o one_o of_o those_o barbarian_n as_o he_o call_v they_o from_o who_o philosophy_n have_v its_o birth_n ere_o it_o be_v propagate_v in_o greece_n and_o he_o number_v he_o with_o zamolxis_n the_o thracian_a atlas_n the_o libyan_a and_o vulcan_n the_o egyptian_a but_o it_o be_v not_o of_o any_o moment_n here_o to_o inquire_v any_o further_a about_o he_o i_o know_v not_o whether_o he_o be_v such_o a_o atomist_n as_o i_o be_o here_o speak_v of_o to_o wit_n a_o perfect_a materialist_n deny_v the_o existence_n and_o the_o very_a notion_n of_o incorporeal_a substance_n in_o opposition_n to_o such_o the_o pneumatist_n frame_v the_o platonic_a triad_n after_o this_o manner_n the_o swmatist_n or_o materialist_n suppose_v nothing_o to_o be_v in_o the_o world_n but_o body_n and_o all_o body_n to_o exist_v eternal_o of_o itself_o in_o its_o essence_n though_o not_o in_o its_o mode_n without_o all_o cause_n the_o pneumatist_n oppose_v this_o dogma_fw-la by_o 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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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