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ORIGEN   DE   PRINCIPIIS.
[Book  IIL


2.  Now,  of  these  opinions,  let  us  first  discuss
that  which  is  maintained  by  some,  that  there  is
in  us  a  good  and  heavenly  soul,  and  another
earthly  and  inferior ;  and  that  the  better  soul  is
implanted  within  us  from  heaven,  such  as  was
that  which,  while  Jacob  was  still  in  the  womb,
gave  him  the  prize  of  victory  in  supplanting  his
brother  Esau,  and  which  in  the  case  of  Jeremiah
was  sanctified  from  his  birth,  and  in  that  of  John
was  filled  by  the  Holy  Spirit  fi-om  the  womb.
