"He used to teach that God is incorporeal, as Plato also asserted, and that his providence extends over all the heavenly bodies."
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"I would love to have a society that is based only on volunteer associations. That would be amazing. I don't think I'll see that in my lifetime, so the closest I can get to that — that's what I want."
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