Ante-Nicene Fathers — Vol. I — Section 120

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2 Otto says: If the old man begins to speak here, then lx«' must be read tor exf"- The received text makes it appear that Justin con- tinues a quotation, or the substance of it, from Plato. 198 DIALOGUE WITH TRYPHO. I said, 'who have been as a wall and fortress of philosophy to us ? ' CHAP. VI. THESE THINGS WERE UNKNOWN TO PLATO AND OTHER PHILOSOPHERS. " ' It makes no matter to me,' said he, * whether Plato or Pythagoras, or, in short, any other man, held such opinions. For the truth is so ; and you would perceive it from this. The soul as- suredly is or has life. If, then, it is …

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