The history of the devil and the idea of evil; from the earliest times to the present day (1899)
Carus, Paul, 1852-1919 · Chicago : Open Court Pub. Co.; London, K. Paul, Trench, Trubner · leaf 169
mean time to pc(- l-iecinse if rPDre-an Englishman. sents a revival of thespirit of Gnosticism in its best and most tjpical form.It may serve as a substitute to characterise by way ofexample the modes of thought of the ancient Gnostic sys-tems and their comprehension of the problem of evil. Jacob… … THE DAWN OF A NEW ERA. 151 aifiliated with the shoemaker guild, he established him-self as a master shoemaker in Gorlitz in 1599. Later onin his life he changed his trade for that of a glover. Hisbooks circulated during his life-time in manuscript-formonly, but even this sufficed to make his name…
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