Note 573 — Chapter VI · PRE-CHRISTIAN GNOSTICS: SIMON MAGUS
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As when he says that the Logos is not God, but his reflection. See Philo, de Somn. I. 41 (p. 656 of Mangey). “Just as those who cannot gaze upon the sun may yet gaze upon a reflection of it.” Cf. Hatch, H. L. p. 248.