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On hearing this account, some of the ancient sophi asked, "What were the conjectures and conclusions formed from the circumstances you have related?"

From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Swedenborg, Emanuel

A declaration by the ancient sophi in Greece respecting employments in heaven, n.

From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Swedenborg, Emanuel

SOPHI.—The most ancient people did not acknowledge any other wisdom than the wisdom of life, and this was the wisdom of those who were formerly called sophi, 130.

From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Swedenborg, Emanuel

The opinion of the ancient sophi in Greece respecting the life of men after death, n.

From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Swedenborg, Emanuel

GYMNASIA, Olympic, in the spiritual world, where the ancient sophi and many of their disciples met together, 151*.

From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Swedenborg, Emanuel