Note 25 — BOOK X SUMMARIES, AND THE WORD OF TRUTH

φρόνησις. This is evidently taken from the account of Simon’s doctrine in Book VI, c. 12 (p. 6 supra), which says that the unseen parts of the fire have φρόνησις “and a share of mind,” without mention of the seen parts. The rest of this chapter, with the exception of the last sentence attributing supreme power to Simon, is substantially, but not exactly word for word, identical with c. 12 of Book VI. Cf. pp. 247, 250 and 259 Cr.