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... Plotinus or Hypatia as much as it would Clement or Origen . I do not say that there is , or ought to be , a Chris- tian Metaphysic . I am speaking , as you know , merely as a historian , dealing with facts ; and I say that there was one ...
... Plotinus or Hypatia as much as it would Clement or Origen . I do not say that there is , or ought to be , a Chris- tian Metaphysic . I am speaking , as you know , merely as a historian , dealing with facts ; and I say that there was one ...
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... Plotinus considered himself an intellectual disciple of Plato , so did Origen and Clemens . And I must , as I said before , speak of both , or of neither . My only hope of escap- ing delicate ground lies in the curious fact , that ...
... Plotinus considered himself an intellectual disciple of Plato , so did Origen and Clemens . And I must , as I said before , speak of both , or of neither . My only hope of escap- ing delicate ground lies in the curious fact , that ...
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... Plotinus , the great father of Neoplatonism . " I am striving to bring the God which is in us , into har- mony with the God which is in the universe . " Whether or not Plotinus actually so spoke , that was what his disciples not only ...
... Plotinus , the great father of Neoplatonism . " I am striving to bring the God which is in us , into har- mony with the God which is in the universe . " Whether or not Plotinus actually so spoke , that was what his disciples not only ...
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... Plotinus , in an absolutely Good Being . Do you believe that it desires to shed forth its goodness on all ? " Of course , " they would have answered , " on those who seek for it , on the philosopher . " " But not , it seems , Plotinus ...
... Plotinus , in an absolutely Good Being . Do you believe that it desires to shed forth its goodness on all ? " Of course , " they would have answered , " on those who seek for it , on the philosopher . " " But not , it seems , Plotinus ...
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... Plotinus's own belief . It is a question with him , it was still more a question with those who came after him , whether virtues could be predicated of the Divine nature ; cour- age , for instance , of one who had nothing to fear ; self ...
... Plotinus's own belief . It is a question with him , it was still more a question with those who came after him , whether virtues could be predicated of the Divine nature ; cour- age , for instance , of one who had nothing to fear ; self ...
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