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The clever young North African was a teacher of rhetoric who, in his 32 years, had explored such fashionable beliefs as Manicheism and skepticism.

From Time Magazine Archive

It has always seemed to me that its substance is a most essential part of its evidence; and that miracles wrought in favour of what was foolish or wicked would only prove Manicheism.

From Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Cassels, Walter Richard

Hence they appear to entertain the doctrine of two adverse principles, improperly called Manicheism.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

Is it because you are afraid to print any thing in opposition to the cant of the Quarterly about Manicheism?

From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas

In the review of "The Fall of Jerusalem" it is stated, that I have devoted "my powers, &c. to the worst parts of Manicheism;" which, being interpreted, means that I worship the devil.

From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas