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etc._n make_v he_o a_o phaenician_a and_o one_o of_o those_o barbarian_n as_o he_o call_v they_o from_o who_o philosophy_n have_v its_o birth_n ere_o it_o be_v propagate_v in_o greece_n and_o he_o number_v he_o with_o zamolxis_n the_o thracian_a atlas_n the_o libyan_a and_o vulcan_n the_o egyptian_a but_o it_o be_v not_o of_o any_o moment_n here_o to_o inquire_v any_o further_a about_o he_o i_o know_v not_o whether_o he_o be_v such_o a_o atomist_n as_o i_o be_o here_o speak_v of_o to_o wit_n a_o perfect_a materialist_n deny_v the_o existence_n and_o the_o very_a notion_n of_o incorporeal_a substance_n in_o opposition_n to_o such_o the_o pneumatist_n frame_v the_o platonic_a triad_n after_o this_o manner_n the_o swmatist_n or_o materialist_n suppose_v nothing_o to_o be_v in_o the_o world_n but_o body_n and_o all_o body_n to_o exist_v eternal_o of_o itself_o in_o its_o essence_n though_o not_o in_o its_o mode_n without_o all_o cause_n the_o pneumatist_n oppose_v this_o dogma_fw-la by_o 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