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Philosophumena; or, The refutation of all heresies, Volume II

Note 117 — BOOK VI SIMON MAGUS, VALENTINUS, AND THEIR FOLLOWERS

Francis Legge translation

οὐσία. Here “substance” and “essence” would have the same meaning, and the first-named word is used only to avoid ambiguity.

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