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of_o that_o name_n import_v any_o token_n of_o a_o good_a prince_n why_o be_v he_o so_o execrable_a in_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o life_n conference_n lxxxix_o i._o of_o genii_n ii_o whether_o the_o suicide_n of_o the_o pagan_n be_v justifiable_a i._o of_o genii_n plato_n hold_v three_o sort_n of_o reasonable_a nature_n the_o god_n in_o heaven_n man_n on_o earth_n and_o a_o three_o middle_a nature_n between_o those_o two_o who_o mansion_n be_v from_o the_o sphere_n of_o the_o moon_n to_o the_o earth_n he_o call_v they_o genii_n from_o their_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o generation_n here_o below_o and_o daemon_n from_o their_o great_a knowledge_n these_o genii_n who_o his_o follower_n account_v to_o be_v subtle_a body_n and_o the_o instrument_n of_o divine_a providence_n be_v according_a to_o they_o of_o three_o sort_n igneous_a aereous_a and_o aqueous_a the_o first_o excite_v to_o contemplation_n the_o second_o to_o action_n the_o three_o to_o pleasure_n and_o it_o be_v the_o belief_n 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