[337]. Ὅλως, φησί, γεννητὸν οὐδέν, Πατὴρ δὲ ἦν μόνος ἀγέννητος, οὐ τόπον ἔχων, οὐ χρόνον, οὐ σύμβουλον, οὐκ ἄλλην τινὰ κατ’ οὐδένα τῶν τρόπων νοηθῆναι δυναμένην οὐσίαν: Hippolytus, op. cit. Bk VI. c. 29, p. 280, Cruice.
[338]. Diogenes Laertius, Vit. Philosoph. Bk VIII. c. 19.
[339]. Philippe Berger, “Les Stèles Puniques de la Bibliothèque Nationale,” Gazette Archéologique, 11me ann. Paris, 1876, p. 123, says that the Aryan genius sees atmospheric phenomena where the Semite imagines persons who unite and give birth (personnes qui s’unissent et s’engendrent les unes les autres). Renan, Hist. du Peuple d’Israel, Paris, 1887, t. I. p. 49, shows that all Semites are naturally euhemerists and therefore anthropomorphists.
[340]. Amélineau, Gnost. Ég. pp. 198 sqq., shows that Sige appears not only in the “Italic School” of Valentinus’ followers, but also in the Oriental School which is more likely to represent the teaching of Valentinus himself. This may in fact be deduced from the words which Hippolytus puts into his mouth (op. cit. Bk VI. c. 29, p. 281, Cruice): Ἀγάπη, φησίν, ἦν ὅλος, ἡ δὲ ἀγάπη οὐκ ἔστιν ἀγάπη, ἐὰν μὴ ᾖ τὸ ἀγαπώμενον. “He, he says, is all Love, and Love is not Love, unless there is something to love.” Thus the Orphics called their Phanes or firstborn god Eros.
[341]. As has been many times said, not “Only-begotten,” but “unique.” See Badham in Academy, 5 Sept. 1896.
[342]. ταύτην [Sige] δὲ ὑποδεξαμένην τὸ σπέρμα τοῦτο καὶ ἐγκύμονα γενομένην, ἀποκυῆσαι Νοῦν, ὅμοιόν τε καὶ ἶσον τῷ προβαλόντι, καὶ μόνον χωροῦντα τὸ μέγεθος τοῦ Πατρός: Irenaeus, Bk I. c. 1, § 1, p. 9, Harvey: “and she having received this seed and becoming pregnant, brought forth Nous, like and equal to him who had projected him, and alone containing the greatness of the Father.”
[343]. Id. Bk I. c. 1, § 1, pp. 9, 10, Harvey.
[344]. Ibid. p. 10, Harvey.
[345]. Hippolytus, op. cit. Bk VI. c. 29, p. 280, Cruice.
[346]. Tertullian, adv. Valentinianos, c. 7.