![]() A specimen of the confusion that involves For any one who wishes to investigate the subject further,Īmple references are there given. Man with his usual accuracy, impartiality, and lucidity ( Hist. A brief account of Mani and his doctrines is given by Mil Burton's estimate of this entertaining and indis The original sources are here sifted with unusual acuteness, and with great and solid learning, though the author's strong “ bias in favour of a heretic ” frequently leads him to make ) has collected everything that is known of Mani. But his fame, andġ Beausobre Histoire Critique de Manichee et du Manicheisme, Amst. He was a skilled musician ,Īnd had some knowledge of the Greek language, -an accom plishment rare among his countrymen. He was master of all the lore peculiar to his class, and was,īesides, so proficient a mathematician and geographer, that he Youth won a distinguished place among the sages of Persia. He belonged to a Magian family, and while still a Sobre conjectures that he was born in Carcub, a town ofĬhaldæa. From his original name, Corbicius or Carcubius, Beau "Īccording to the Chronicle of Edessa, Mani was born A.D.Ģ40. Therefore, are few, and may be briefly stated. Sistent and probable account out of the contradictory state Which it is derived, and the difficulty of constructing a con Rity, owing to the suspicious nature of the documents from His history is involved in considerable obscu Genius to whom the heresy of Manichæism owes its origin and its name. Has before his mind some facts regarding the extraordinary O reader of the accompanying volume can be expected to take a very lively interest in its contents, unless he AGAINST THE EPISTLE OF MANICHEUS CALLED FUNDAMENTAL, 97
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