Paris. Gr. 923, fol. 290r
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es
Esau
Prak
26
this. He got
round
Esau
with
gifts
, when he
π
π
Ep fid
2
setting
me
free
from
Esau
, and
leading
me to
π
π
escape
Prak
25
or you will
never
escape
during your
lifetime
from
π
π
30
It is
difficult
to
escape
from the [
tempting
-]
thought
π
π
Gn.
16
even if a
part
escapes
you. For it is
π
π
16
is upon the
earth
escapes
it.
π
π
KG
1.22
S2
and
form
but they
escape
our
senses
, because the
π
π
4.34
S2
come, no
one
will
escape
the
prison
into which
π
π
4.60
S2
terrified
by
demons
and
escape
into
wakefulness
as [if
π
π
4.83
S2
He who, although
impure
,
escapes
from the
body
should
π
π
6.52
S2
souls
which, when they
escape
our
notice
,
temptations
sharply
π
π
especially
Prak
8
desiring
for
different
bodies
.
Especially
violently
does it
attack
π
π
11
all
day
long
, but
especially
in
prayers
it
siezes
π
π
13
thought
of
vainglory
is
especially
subtle
and it
easily
π
π
Gn.
17
the
definitions
of
things
,
especially
those of the
virtues
π
π
KG
2.59
S2
virtue
, and his
mercy
,
especially
those who are
objects
π
π
3.19
S2
a
naked
vision
, but
especially
this: that
one
is
π
π
3.21
S2
they are
material
: but
especially
this, that
one
has
π
π
3.23
S2
the
four
elements
; but
especially
this - that each of
π
π
3.43
S2
chrism
]; but
human
beings
especially
and
abundantly
possess
βthe
π
π
essence
KG
1.1
S2
no
opposition
as
regards
essence
,.
π
π
1.3
S2
nature
is in its
essence
knowledge
-β
seeking
; and our
π
π
1.35
S1
in
fact
, in his
essence
,"He is
light
"
π
π
2.23
S2
The
image
of the
essence
of
God
also
knows
π
π
4.59
S2
If an
essence
is not
said
to
π
π
4.59
S2
inferior
to an[other]
essence
, and that a
demon
π
π
4.59
S2
is not by their
essence
that
demons
are
bad
π
π
5.4
S2
archangel
is the
reasoning
essence
to whom has been
π
π
5.7
S2
angel
is the
reasoning
essence
to whom have been
π
π
5.62
S1
in
fact
, a
unique
essence
, which in
everything
is
π
π
6.5
S2
is [such] by his
essence
, there is
nothing
which
π
π
Skemmata
18
be] both
equality
of
essence
and
difference
of
essence
π
π
18
essence
and
difference
of
essence
. While in
incorporeal
[
beings
π
π
18
is only
equality
of
essence
, in [
forms
of]
knowledge
π
π
18
is only
difference
of
essence
. For
none
of the
π
π
18
is] only
equality
of
essence
[
consubstantiality
], for there are
π
π
18
Trinity
]
consist
of
many
essences
as
bodies
do. And
π
π
18
bodies
do. And by β
essences
β I
mean
those that
π
π
18
them as
equal
in
essence
[
consubstantial
] in their
receptiveness
π
π
20
see
the
equality
of
essence
and the
difference
of
π
π
20
and the
difference
of
essence
in
bodies
, in
contemplations
π
π
Ep fid
6
of the
angel
as
essence
with
sanctification
.
π
π
9
proved
. For
God
in
essence
or
substance
is
co-essential
π
π
9
con-substantial
with
God
in
essence
or
substance
. But when
π
π
10
the
holy
and
uncreated
essence
and
substance
of
God
π
π
27
He is not in
essence
and
substance
a
creature
π
π
29
(2 vers.)
He is of
one
essence
and
substance
with the
π
π
30
Ghost
being
holy
in
essence
is
called
β
fount
of
π
π
30
He is of
one
essence
and
substance
with the
π
π
32
simple
, He
consists
of
essence
and
sanctification
, and is
π
π
essential
KG
1.89
S1
knowledge
, and
God
is
essential
knowledge
. The
reasoning
nature
π
π
1.89
S2
know
: and
God
is
essential
knowledge
. And while
opposed
π
π
2.11
S2
to
understand
the
Unity
,
essential
knowledge
.
π
π
2.47
S2
Blessed
Trinity
alone
is
essential
knowledge
.
π
π
3.3
S2
he whose
knowledge
is
essential
π
π
3.12
S2
able
to
easily
receive
essential
knowledge
.
π
π
3.49
S2
with the
crown
of
essential
knowledge
, if it has
π
π
4.77
S1
Trinity
, because that is
essential
knowledge
.
π
π
4.77
S2
for it is
solely
essential
knowledge
.
π
π
5.51
S2
do not
mean
the
essential
wisdom
, but that which
π
π
5.55
S2
will
call
it
holy
essential
knowledge
.
π
π
5.56
S1
that it is the
essential
knowledge
.
π
π
5.56
S2
that it is
solely
essential
knowledge
.
π
π
5.61
S2
because it is
solely
essential
contemplation
.
π
π
5.81
S2
nous
will have
received
essential
knowledge
, then it will
π
π
6.10
S2
the
Blessed
Trinity
is
essential
knowledge
.
π
π
6.14
S2
he is also not
essential
knowledge
; but he
alone
π
π
6.14
S2
he
alone
always
has
essential
knowledge
inseparably
[with]in
π
π
6.14
S2
because he is also
essential
knowledge
.
π
π
6.16
S2
he who,
proceeding
from
essential
knowledge
and from
incorporeal
π
π
6.28
S2
the [
pro
]genitor of
essential
knowledge
.
π
π
6.34
S2
of the
Son
is
essential
knowledge
of
God
the
π
π
6.73
S2
God
, it is
therefore
essential
knowledge
; and it is
π
π
Skemmata
1
CHRIST
[:] as
Christ
, has
essential
knowledge
; while as
creator
π
π
20
what is
impossible
,
since
essential
knowledge
is
obscure
and
π
π
20
does not
pertain
to
essential
knowledge
.
π
π
On Prayer
74
to]
localize
the
divine
,
essential
knowledge
. This
sort
of
π
π
132
pledge
] of
immaterial
and
essential
knowledge
.
π
π
essentially
KG
1.1
S2
opposition
, because He is
essentially
[
good
]; thus there is
π
π
1.35
S2
be
known
, for he,
essentially
,is
light
.
π
π
6.79
S2
which is in him
essentially
is
coessential
with the
π
π
Ep fid
9
alone
is
substantially
and
essentially
God
.
π
π
establish
Prak
70
A
man
who has
established
the
virtues
in himself
π
π
Gn.
19
sacred
Scriptures
, and to
establish
them as
far
as
π
π
KG
3.7
S2
of the
changes
is
established
to
feed
the
logikoi
π
π
3.47
S2
of
judgement
, and will
establish
the
body
of each
π
π
3.65
S2
on the
earth
will
establish
the
former
, in the
π
π
Skemmata
25
peace
is His
place
established
and his
dwelling
on
π
π
On Prayer
2
fullness
of the
virtues
establishes
in the
nous
a
π
π
esteem
Prak
pref.3
always
hunting
for the
esteem
[
glory
] that comes from
π
π
Sent alph II
13
A
disposition
attached
to
esteem
is a
sickness
of
π
π
er
et
π
ab
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ef
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ei
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em
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