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[209:1] The fire of which the heavenly bodies are made is the p?pt??
s?a, matter, but different from earthly matter. See p. 137.
[209:2] Proclus, _Elem. Theol._ xx, calls it ? ??e?? f?s??, _Natura Intellectualis_. There are four degrees of existence: lowest of all, Bodies; above that, Soul; above all Souls, this 'Intellectual Nature'; above that, The One.
[210:1] i. e. in the full sense of Gnosis.
[211:1] i. e. Astrology, dealing with the 'Celestial Bodies'.
[212:1] Cf. Hdt. i. 134.
[214:1] [This section is a meagre reminiscence of Plato's discussion in _Repub._ viii. The interest in politics and government had died out with the loss of political freedom.]
[216:1] ?at? d??a??, secundum potentiam quandam; i. e. in accordance with some indwelling 'virtue' or quality.
[217:1] The repet.i.tion of ?????p??? in this sentence seems to be a mistake.
[218:1] ?p?t?de??t??.
[219:1] On the mystic letters see above, p. 142.
[222:1] The text here is imperfect: I have followed Mullach's correction.
[223:1] da???e?.
[224:1] i. e. that it may continue to exist and satisfy justice.
[224:2] e?da?????s?.
