Note 72 — PART II. (continued 2)
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A Sect of Philosophers who took their Name from a Person named Manichæus, or Manes. Manes flourished about A.D. 277, and his Doctrine or Philosophy spread chiefly in Arabia, Egypt and Africa. He taught that Light was the Origin of all Good, and that in Darkness originated all Evil. Maniche is not unlike God among the Indians.