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发帖数: 759 | 1 CHAP. 23. --OF THE PRINCIPLES WHICH, ACCORDING TO THE
PLATONISTS, REGULATE THE PURIFICATION OF THE SOUL.
Even Porphyry asserts that it was revealed by divine oracles
that we are not purified by any sacrifices(1) to sun or
moon, meaning it to be inferred that we are
not purified by sacrificing to any gods. For what mysteries
can purify, if those of the sun and moon, which are esteemed
the chief of the celestial gods, do not
purify? He says, too, in the same place, that "principles"
can purify, le |
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