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hypothesis_n of_o that_o age._n the_o best_a account_n of_o that_o we_o have_v in_o the_o write_n ascribe_v to_o hermes_n and_o he_o be_v most_o express_a in_o this_o particular_a he_o make_v two_o image_n of_o god_n the_o world_n asclep_n and_o the_o archetypal_a man_n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o allow_v they_o the_o name_n of_o son_n and_o make_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o the_o father_n this_o doctrine_n be_v also_o elsewhere_o own_v by_o philo_n himself_o and_o in_o all_o likelihood_n it_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o manilius_n who_o take_v what_o he_o have_v from_o egyptian_a author_n where_o he_o make_v the_o world_n itself_o to_o be_v its_o own_o hierophanta_n in_o the_o place_n already_o produce_v that_o be_v the_o archetypal_a intellectual_a world_n be_v suppose_v to_o be_v the_o discoverer_n of_o its_o own_o idea_n and_o of_o the_o sensible_a world_n in_o which_o regard_v none_o but_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d can_v be_v understand_v by_o 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