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〈◊〉_d 6._o c._n 14._o 14._o bel._n celtico_fw-la celtico_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 123._o 123._o sir_n paul_n ricaut_n of_o the_o turkish_a empire_n l._n 2._o c._n 12._o p._n 133._o 133._o aen._n 6._o v._n 751._o 751._o de_fw-fr tempore_fw-la serm._n 139_o &_o 142._o 142._o de_fw-fr resur_n c._n 1._o sed_fw-la platonici_fw-la immortalem_fw-la animam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d contrario_fw-la reclamant_fw-la immo_fw-la adhuc_fw-la proxime_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o corpora_fw-la remeabilem_fw-la affirmant_fw-la etsi_fw-la non_fw-la in_o eadem_fw-la etsi_fw-la non_fw-la in_o humà na_fw-la tantummodo_fw-la ut_fw-la euphorbus_n in_o pythagoram_n homerus_fw-la in_o pavum_fw-la recenseantur_fw-la certè_fw-la recidivatum_fw-la animae_fw-la corporalem_fw-la pronunciaverunt_fw-la tolerabilius_fw-la mutatâ_fw-la quam_fw-la negatâ_fw-la qualitate_fw-la pulsatâ_fw-la saltem_fw-la licet_fw-la non_fw-la aditâ_fw-la veritate_fw-la ita_fw-la saeculum_fw-la resurrectionem_fw-la morcuorum_fw-la nec_fw-la quum_fw-la errat_fw-la ignorat_fw-la ignorat_fw-la sic_fw-la etiam_fw-la conditionem_fw-la renascendi_fw-la sapientium_fw-la clariores_fw-la pythagoras_n primus_fw-la &_o praecipuus_fw-la plato_n corruptâ_fw-la &_o dimidiatâ_fw-la fide_fw-la tradiderunt_fw-la nam_fw-la corporibus_fw-la dissolutis_fw-la solas_fw-la animas_fw-la volunt_fw-la &_o perpetuò_fw-la manere_fw-la &_o in_o alia_fw-la nova_fw-la corpora_fw-la saepius_fw-la commeare_fw-la addunt_fw-la istis_fw-la &_o illa_fw-la ad_fw-la retorquendam_fw-la verjtatem_fw-la in_fw-la pecudes_fw-la aves_fw-la belluas_fw-la hominum_fw-la animas_fw-la redire_fw-la non_fw-la philosophi_fw-la sane_fw-la study_v sed_fw-la mimico_fw-la vitio_fw-la digna_fw-la ista_fw-la sententia_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la propositum_fw-la satis_fw-la est_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la sapientes_fw-la vestros_fw-la in_o aliquem_fw-la modum_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la consonare_fw-la consonare_fw-la l._n 7._o c._n 23._o quâ_fw-la de_fw-la anastasi_fw-la philosophi_fw-la quoque_fw-la dicere_fw-la aliquid_fw-la conatâ—…_n sunt_fw-la tam_fw-la corruptè_fw-la quam_fw-la poetae_fw-la nam_fw-la pythagoras_n transire_fw-la animas_fw-la in_o nova_fw-la corpora_fw-la disputavit_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n obseru._n de_fw-fr locis_fw-la memorab_n in_o asiâ_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n de_fw-fr luctu_fw-la luctu_fw-la orat._n 5._o p._n 312._o &_o orat._n 7._o p._n 408_o 409._o 409._o orat._n 4._o p._n 289._o 289._o de_fw-fr praetermissis_fw-la ab_fw-la homero_n homero_n in_o romulo_n romulo_n vitâ_fw-la apollonii_fw-la l._n 8._o c._n 12._o 12._o plutarch_n in_o romulo_n herodotus_n l._n 4._o c._n 13_o 14_o 15._o 15._o l._n c._n c._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 35._o 35._o contra_fw-la celsum_fw-la l._n 5._o p._n 245._o 245._o vita_fw-la pythag._n p._n 188._o 188._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ap._n peacock_n not._n in_o portam_fw-la mosis_fw-la p._n 146._o 146._o ap._n s._n aug._n the_o civ_o xxii_o 28._o 28._o c._n celsum_n l._n 5._o p._n 245._o 245._o p._n 208._o he_o say_v it_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o the_o stoic_n not_o that_o thing_n shall_v be_v numerical_o the_o same_o but_o only_o in_o likeness_n not_o