Again, Plato, in Timæus,841 says: “But if any one on consideration should actually insti-
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tute a rigid inquiry, he would be ignorant of the distinction between the human and the
divine nature; because God mingles many842 things up into one, [and again is able to dissolve
one into many things,] seeing that He is endued with knowledge and power; but no man
either is, or ever shall be, able to perform any of these.”
841 P. 68, D, [cap. 30.]
842 The mss. are corrupt here. They seem to read, and one actually does read, “all” for “many.” “Many” is in
Plato, and the clause in brackets is taken from Plato to fill up the sense.
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Chapter IV.—God desires not sacrifices, but righteousness.