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this_o mind_n he_o make_v as_o aristotle_n say_v of_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o only_a pure_a simple_a and_o unmixed_a thing_n in_o the_o world_n thereby_o plain_o distinguish_v it_o from_o matter_n the_o part_n of_o which_o he_o who_o be_v as_o sextus_n empericus_n call_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d know_v very_o well_o to_o be_v promiscuous_o blend_v and_o mix_v together_o very_o where_o sextus_n also_o tell_v we_o that_o that_o mind_n which_o anaxagoras_n assert_v to_o be_v god_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o active_a principle_n in_o opposition_n to_o matter_n which_o be_v a_o passive_a one_o 309._o and_o this_o be_v agreeable_a to_o what_o the_o poet_n say_v of_o spiritus_fw-la intus_fw-la alit_fw-la mens_fw-la agitat_fw-la molem_fw-la etc._n etc._n we_o be_v tell_v likewise_o by_o sextus_n that_o xenophanes_n hold_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o there_o be_v but_o one_o god_n and_o he_o incorporeal_a and_o
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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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