Ancient Fragments of the Phoenician, ChaldÆan, Egyptian, Tyrian, Carthaginian, Indian, Persian, and Other Writers: With an Introductory Dissertation and an Inquiry Into the Philosophy and Trinity of the AncientsPickering, 1832 - 751 pages |
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... time , governed all the islands in the At- lantic ocean . Such is the relation of Marcellus in his Ethiopian history.- Proc . in Tim . V Η Η ΕΥΗΜΕΡΟΣ μὲν οὖν , φίλος γεγονὼς Κασσάνδρου βασι- λέως , OF THE ATLANTIC ISLAND: ...
... time , governed all the islands in the At- lantic ocean . Such is the relation of Marcellus in his Ethiopian history.- Proc . in Tim . V Η Η ΕΥΗΜΕΡΟΣ μὲν οὖν , φίλος γεγονὼς Κασσάνδρου βασι- λέως , OF THE ATLANTIC ISLAND: ...
Page 240
... Proc . in Tim . 244. — Tay . Z or T. III . Θεὸν ἐγκόσμιον , αἰώνιον , ἀπέραντον . Νέον , καὶ πρεσβύτην , ἑλικοειδή . The mundane god , eternal , boundless , Young and old , of a spiral form . IV . Τῆς γὰρ ἀνεκλείπτου ζώης καὶ τῆς ...
... Proc . in Tim . 244. — Tay . Z or T. III . Θεὸν ἐγκόσμιον , αἰώνιον , ἀπέραντον . Νέον , καὶ πρεσβύτην , ἑλικοειδή . The mundane god , eternal , boundless , Young and old , of a spiral form . IV . Τῆς γὰρ ἀνεκλείπτου ζώης καὶ τῆς ...
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... Proc . in Theol . 212. — Tay . VIII . Τὰ πάντα μετροῦν καὶ ἀφόριζον , ὡς τὰ λόγιά φησι . Measuring and bounding all things . Τ . Proc . in Pl . Th . 386. - Tay . IX . Οὐ γὰρ ἀπὸ πατρικῆς ἀρχῆς ἀτελές τι τροχάζει . For nothing imperfect ...
... Proc . in Theol . 212. — Tay . VIII . Τὰ πάντα μετροῦν καὶ ἀφόριζον , ὡς τὰ λόγιά φησι . Measuring and bounding all things . Τ . Proc . in Pl . Th . 386. - Tay . IX . Οὐ γὰρ ἀπὸ πατρικῆς ἀρχῆς ἀτελές τι τροχάζει . For nothing imperfect ...
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... Proc . in Tim . 167 . XIII . Εἰσὶ πάντα πυρὸς ἑνὸς ἐκγεγαῶτα . Πάντα γὰρ ἐξετέλεσε πατὴρ , καὶ νῷ παρέδωκε Δευτέρῳ , ὃν πρῶτον κληίζεται ἔθνεα † ἀνδρῶν . All things are the progeny of one fire . The Father perfected all things , and ...
... Proc . in Tim . 167 . XIII . Εἰσὶ πάντα πυρὸς ἑνὸς ἐκγεγαῶτα . Πάντα γὰρ ἐξετέλεσε πατὴρ , καὶ νῷ παρέδωκε Δευτέρῳ , ὃν πρῶτον κληίζεται ἔθνεα † ἀνδρῶν . All things are the progeny of one fire . The Father perfected all things , and ...
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... Proc . in Tim . 124 . Συνεφίσταται γὰρ τὰ φυσικὰ ἔργα τῷ νοερῷ φέγγει Τοῦ πατρὸς • Ψυχὴ γὰρ κοσμήσασα τὸν μέγαν Οὐρανὸν , καὶ κοσμοῦσα μετὰ τοῦ πατρὸς . Κέρατα * δὲ καὶ αὐτῆς ἐστήρικται ἄνω . Natural works coexist with the intellectual ...
... Proc . in Tim . 124 . Συνεφίσταται γὰρ τὰ φυσικὰ ἔργα τῷ νοερῷ φέγγει Τοῦ πατρὸς • Ψυχὴ γὰρ κοσμήσασα τὸν μέγαν Οὐρανὸν , καὶ κοσμοῦσα μετὰ τοῦ πατρὸς . Κέρατα * δὲ καὶ αὐτῆς ἐστήρικται ἄνω . Natural works coexist with the intellectual ...
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