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〈◊〉_d the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n plato_n in_o phoedone_n say_v of_o god_n that_o he_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o mind_n that_o be_v the_o cause_n and_o orderer_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o plato_n the_o son_n of_o ariston_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n be_v the_o mind_n of_o the_o world_n and_o lactantius_n give_v this_o testimony_n of_o aristotle_n that_o quamvis_fw-la secum_fw-la ipse_fw-la dissideat_fw-la ac_fw-la repugnantia_fw-la sibi_fw-la &_o dicat_fw-la &_o sentiat_fw-la by_o which_o one_o will_v think_v our_o author_n better_o acquaint_v with_o he_o than_o he_o be_v in_o summum_fw-la tamen_fw-la unam_fw-la mentem_fw-la mundo_fw-la praeesse_fw-la testatur_fw-la lact._n de_fw-fr falsa_fw-la relig._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 5._o agreeable_o to_o all_o which_o seneca_n in_o the_o preface_n to_o his_o natural_a question_n put_v the_o question_n quid_fw-la est_fw-la deus_fw-la what_o be_v god_n answer_n mens_fw-la universi_fw-la the_o mind_n of_o the_o 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