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Goods of First and Second Intent

Talk given to the Retired Teacher’s Association on 9 October 1987, at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City. CWHN 9:524-553

The God of the Philosophers

Thales (d. 546 B.C.): “Thales says that the God of the Universe (cosmos) is Mind (Nous), and that the Universe (to pan-“everything”) is alive and full of divine power (daemons); also that the basic element of water pervades all things through God’s divine animating power.” “And some say that Spirit is mixed in with everything; …

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