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" ... they muft be coexiftent with their caufe, ie they muft be eternally beautiful, antecedent to the reafoning energy. Again, if we fuppofe the fupreme intellect, the demiurgus of the world, to operate by enquiry, his energy could not be fpontaneous,... "
The philosophical and mathematical commentaries of Proclus ... on the first ... - Page iv
by Proclus (Diadochus.) - 1788
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The Metaphysics of Aristotle: Translated from the Greek with Copious Notes ...

Aristotle, Thomas Taylor - First philosophy - 1801 - 482 pages
...corruptible. But if the caufe of the univerfe operated from reafoning and inquiry in producing the world, his energy could not be fpontaneous and truly his...procures them as fomething adventitious by learning and inquiry. Hence we infer that the world is eternal, and that its maker produced it by his very eflence...
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The Dissertations of Maximus Tyrius, Volumes 1-2

Maximus (of Tyre) - 1804 - 562 pages
...the world his energy could not be spontaneous and truly his own ; but his essence would be similar to that of the artificer, who does not derive his productions from himself but procures them as something adventitious * This is demonstrated by Proclus in his Elements...
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The Oxford and Cambridge review, Volume 4

1847 - 796 pages
...the world, his energy could not be spontaneous and truly his own ; but his essence would be similar to that of the artificer, who does not derive his productions from himself, but procures them as something adventitious by learning and inquiry If, therefore, there is...
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Opuscula Platonica: The Three Fundamental Ideas of the Human Mind: Hermeias ...

Thomas Moore Johnson - Platonists - 1908 - 96 pages
...by enquiry, his energy could not be spontaneous, and truly his own; but his essence would be similar to that of the artificer, who does not derive his productions from himself, but procures them as something adventitious, by learning and enquiry. But if the universe...
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