Note 357 — Lecture VII. GREEK AND CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY. I. The Creator.
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Plutarch, de anim. procreat. 5. 3, οὐ γὰρ ἐκ τοῦ μὴ ὄντος ἡ γένεσις ἀλλ’ ἐκ τοῦ μὴ καλῶς μηδ’ ἱκανῶς ἔχοντος: ibid. ἀκοσμία γὰρ ἦν τὰ πρὸ τῆς τοῦ κόσμου γενέσεως: cf. Möller, Kosmologie, p. 39.