5 Matching Annotations
- May 2020
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In utter darkness, and thir portion setAs far remov'd from God and light of Heav'nAs from the Center thrice to th' utmost Pole.
Like Origen's understanding of the fall. Platonic/Neoplatonic again.
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But his doom Reserv'd him to more wrath; for now the thought Both of lost happiness and lasting pain [ 55 ]
Again, that concept of evil as the privation of good. What dwells inside Satan is 'lost happiness', that is the emptiness, the darkness that births evil.
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Taking on the supernatural powers to achieve end.
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Platonic/ Neoplatonic imagery?
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Rose out of Chaos: Or if Sion Hill [ 10 ]
Creation out of chaos, differing from creatio ex nihilo - creation out of nothing. Chaos - primordial matter that existed before the good that is heaven and earth. Links well with concepts of original sin, and existence of evil as the absence of good. Absence of heaven and earth = chaos.
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