astronomical_phenomenon

eclipses of the greater lights

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obscuration
description
Astronomical phenomena involving the obscuration of the sun or moon, which Manichaeus failed to explain consistently but were understood through secular philosophy.
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Sun, Moon
type
astronomical phenomenon

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  • referenced_byManichaeus
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    or the eclipses of the greater lights, nor whatever of this sort I had learned in the books of secular philosophy.
  • referenced_bySecular Philosophy
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    I had learned in the books of secular philosophy. But I was commanded to believe; and yet it corresponded not with what had been established by calculations and my own sight, but was quite contrary.
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