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wh
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wr
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ra
race
Prak
12
and
give
up the
race
. No other
demon
follows
π
π
KG
3.60
S2
the
return
from βthe
race
β by all is the
π
π
Rachel
On Prayer
pref.1
you
served
well
for
Rachel
,
received
Leah
; and now
π
π
radiance
Prak
64
its [own]
proper
gentle
radiance
; that it
remains
tranquil
π
π
Gn.
45
contemplate
the
illuminating
gentle
radiance
proper
to their
nous
π
π
radiant
On Prayer
140
how your
garment
becomes
radiant
.
π
π
rage
On Prayer
30
the
usual
battle
is
raging
against us, the
nous
π
π
raise
Prak
12
long
time
to
live
,
raising
up before his
eyes
π
π
13
glory
among
men
; [1] it
raises
up a
fantasy
of
π
π
13
under
constraint
. Then, having
raised
him up with
empty
π
π
Gn.
26
reprimand
those who
prematurely
raise
objections
; for this is
π
π
KG
1.7
S2
that are
together
are
raised
, the
number
will also
π
π
1.7
S2
number
will also be
raised
, and when this is
π
π
1.7
S2
and when this is
raised
, that which is in
π
π
1.8
S2
is
mixed
, he will
raise
that which will be
π
π
1.8
S2
that which will be
raised
with the
number
.
π
π
1.9
S2
we are will be
raised
, again it will not
π
π
1.15
S2
the
four
will be
raised
, also the
five
will
π
π
1.15
S2
the
five
will be
raised
, but when the
five
π
π
1.15
S2
the
five
will be
raised
, the
four
will not
π
π
1.15
S2
four
will not be
raised
with them.
π
π
1.67
S1
the
commandments
and will
raise
itself up by a
π
π
1.90
S2
day
and will be
raised
clothed
with a
spiritual
π
π
4.24
S2
is he who is
raised
from the
dead
, and
π
π
Skemmata
23
unless
it has been
raised
higher
than all
thoughts
π
π
23
it will not be
raised
higher
unless
it has
π
π
Ep fid
23
the
Gospel
? βI will
raise
him up at the
π
π
23
for our
intelligence
is
raised
up and
roused
to
π
π
On Prayer
106
as [the
holy
one
]
raised
his
hands
, [the
evil
π
π
106
of a
lion
and,
raising
his
front
paws
up
π
π
rancor
Prak
11
and is
changed
into
rancor
: [thus] it
causes
disturbances
π
π
11
four
things
associated
with
rancor
may be
found
to
π
π
random
Sent alph I
2
better
to
throw
a
random
stone
than a [
random
π
π
2
random
stone
than a [
random
]
word
.
π
π
rank
KG
2.66
S2
demonstrates
the
difference
in
rank
of the
latter
.
π
π
3.28
S2
has
descended
to the
rank
of the
praktike
.
π
π
3.42
S2
ascend
to its
first
rank
..
π
π
5.75
S2
the
level
of its
rank
, it also
receives
knowledge
π
π
5.75
S2
And [in] all the
ranks
in which it will
π
π
5.75
S2
contemplation
proper
[to that
rank
].
π
π
6.47
S2
Jordan
according to their
rank
.
π
π
6.70
S2
the
limits
of its
rank
; thus
indeed
, he has
π
π
6.76
S2
that each of the
ranks
of
celestial
powers
has
π
π
Ep
57.1
when I
entered
the
rank
of
monks
that after
π
π
rapidly
KG
4.76
S1
this
world
to
occur
rapidly
resembles
a
man
who
π
π
6.76
S2
providence
, by which they
rapidly
impel
towards
virtue
and
π
π
Apophthegmata
6
it
leads
the
monk
rapidly
to the
threshhold
of
π
π
rapture
On Prayer
53
elevates
to the
highest
rapture
of
loving
(
eros
) the
π
π
rapturous
On Prayer
63
it on to the [
rapturous
]
love
(
eros
) of
spiritual
π
π
rash
Ad virg.
11.1
The
rash
virgin
will not be
π
π
rashly
On Prayer
68
astray
into
conceit
, [by]
rashly
localizing
the
Deity
in
π
π
rather
Prak
22
in
either
case
, but
rather
do the
opposite
.
π
π
70
the
commandments
or
punishment
.
Rather
, he
says
and does
π
π
Gn.
18
from it, [1b] or
rather
of
epithumia
and what
π
π
34
itself to
allegory
, but
rather
only that which is
π
π
34
humorous
to your
listeners
,
rather
than
useful
to them
π
π
38
food
or
garments
:
remember
rather
Abner
the
Levite
, who
π
π
KG
1.49
S2
not
moved
in itself:
rather
, it is
moved
by
π
π
1.72
S2
torment
him
immediately
, but
rather
impels
him from
evil
π
π
1.76
S2
ignorance
is
opposed
, but
rather
to the
knowledge
of
π
π
2.10
S1
superior
what is
closer
,
rather
than that which is
π
π
2.14
S2
the same
knowledge
, but
rather
the same
world
that
π
π
2.32
S1
nourish
the
body
, but
rather
their
powers
; so also
π
π
2.32
S2
that
feed
bodies
, but
rather
their
power
; so it
π
π
2.32
S2
the
soul
grow
, but
rather
their
contemplation
.
π
π
2.66
S2
which it
makes
known
:
rather
it
introduces
the
nature
π
π
2.69
S2
us; but it is,
rather
, the
present
distinction
between
π
π
2.77
S2
will be
made
manifest
;
rather
, it will
make
known
π
π
3.32
S2
be the
image
God
.
Rather
that which has become
π
π
4.9
S2
not that which
inherits
:
rather
the
Christ
(
inherits
) the
π
π
4.18
S2
God
in the
beginning
. 5
Rather
the
latter
[
God
] because
π
π
4.41
S2
body
He has now:
rather
, he has
revealed
[the
π
π
4.45
S2
who
adore
them, but
rather
those who
sacrifice
to
π
π
5.51
S2
nature
that he
knows
,
rather
he
knows
His
wisdom
π
π
5.59
S2
does not
discern
sensation
;
rather
it
discerns
only the
π
π
6.56
S2
that they
saw
him?
Rather
, it is
known
that
π
π
Monks
15.4
but
rather
eat
your
morsel
with
π
π
Ad virg.
10.2
these should
rather
be
offered
to the
π
π
Ep fid
4
everlasting
life
,β but may
rather
bring
upon themselves the
π
π
Sent alph I
12
as the
Good
, but
rather
[doing it] as
needed
π
π
18
that are
enjoyable
, but
rather
those that are
beneficial
π
π
22
a
Christian
man
, but
rather
[his]
soul
's
thoughts
π
π
Assorted Chapters
10
who you were, but
rather
[against] what you have
π
π
On Prayer
pref.2
hands
,
ink
, and
paper
;
rather
[you
yearn
] for
chapters
π
π
74
carnal
and
impure
passions
;
rather
he
seems
to
stand
π
π
89
good
to you, but
rather
as is
pleasing
to
π
π
107
John
the
Short
- or
rather
John
the Very
Great
π
π
143
him with
trembling
.
See
,
rather
, that it is in
π
π
146
Spirit
and in
Truth
.
Rather
the
reverse
: it
provokes
π
π
151
not
simply
quantity
, but
rather
quality
that
makes
prayer
π
π
rational
Prak
86
The
rational
soul
operates
naturally
when
π
π
89
three
parts
does the
rational
soul
consist
, according to
π
π
89
When it in the
Rational
part
that
virtue
comes
π
π
Gn.
14
the
soul
and the
rational
part
;
concerning
their
inseparable
π
π
KG
1.59
S2
are
united
with the
rational
soul
.
π
π
Ep
57.2
vessel
βand of the
rational
soul
; (c) . . . of why
π
π
Ep fid
29
Father
. For if
every
rational
creature
is
able
to
π
π
rationality
On Prayer
97
in or
surrender
his
rationality
,
saying
to
God
, βI
π
π
rationally
On Prayer
51
the
nous
] to
move
rationally
and to
seek
the
π
π
ray
Gn.
25
to
taste
these
sweet
rays
of
honey
.
π
π
KG
5.3
S2
something
of the
luminous
rays
of the
Blessed
Trinity
π
π
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