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fid._n p._n 155._o what_o our_o author_n affirm_v p._n 119_o concern_v some_o man_n who_o have_v misapply_v those_o forecited_a place_n of_o holy_a writ_n to_o the_o anima_fw-la mundi_fw-la of_o pythagoras_n and_o which_o have_v be_v revive_v by_o averro_n and_o avicenna_n and_o to_o what_o end_n p._n 125._o he_o refer_v his_o lordship_n the_o right_n honourable_a strephon_n to_o pomponatius_n and_o especial_o to_o cardan_n be_v here_o to_o be_v consider_v because_o we_o may_v see_v from_o hence_o in_o what_o author_n our_o deist_n be_v conversant_a and_o how_o dangerous_a those_o author_n be_v averro_n as_o rich_a assert_n lib._n 4._o hist_o gen._n council_n par_fw-fr ult_n p._n 22._o be_v condemn_v in_o the_o lateran_n council_n under_o leo_n the_o x._o because_o he_o hold_v that_o there_o be_v one_o only_a soul_n in_o all_o man_n which_o be_v the_o universal_a soul_n the_o anima_fw-la mundi_fw-la whereas_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o every_o man_n have_v a_o particular_a soul_n of_o 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