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Adversus Valentinianos

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[1] humanior iam Secundus ut brevior, ogdoadem in duas tetradas dividens, in dexteram et sinistram, in lumen et tenebras, tantum quod desultricem et defectricem illam virtutem non vult ab aliquo deducete Aeonum sed a fructibus de substantia venientibus.

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Against the Valentinians

Chapter XXXVIII.--Diversity in the Opinions of Secundus, as Compared with the General Doctrine of Valentinus.

Secundus is a trifle more human, as he is briefer: he divides the Ogdoad into a pair of Tetrads, a right hand one and a left hand one, one light and the other darkness. Only he is unwilling to derive the power which apostatized and fell away ¹ from any one of the Aeons, but from the fruits which issued from their substance.