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... creatures . Isaac the Syrian ( sixth century ) , who spent the greater part of his adult life in a lonely cell in the ... creature ' . He is moved to pray , St Isaac continues , for all beings for evil - doers and enemies of truth , and ...
... creatures . Isaac the Syrian ( sixth century ) , who spent the greater part of his adult life in a lonely cell in the ... creature ' . He is moved to pray , St Isaac continues , for all beings for evil - doers and enemies of truth , and ...
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... creature as creature ' ( Ch . 1 ) . The writer adds that for this reason ' we call the Perfect " Nothing " . The use of this term is characteristic of German mysticism . ( We are reminded of the Taoist ' Nothing ' and the Buddhist ...
... creature as creature ' ( Ch . 1 ) . The writer adds that for this reason ' we call the Perfect " Nothing " . The use of this term is characteristic of German mysticism . ( We are reminded of the Taoist ' Nothing ' and the Buddhist ...
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... creature in virtue of its creature - nature and qualities , that by which it says " I " and " myself " . If we are to know the Perfect , " the " I " , the self and the like must all be lost and done away ' ( Ch . 1 ) . Such ...
... creature in virtue of its creature - nature and qualities , that by which it says " I " and " myself " . If we are to know the Perfect , " the " I " , the self and the like must all be lost and done away ' ( Ch . 1 ) . Such ...
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