I. At the Dawn of the Michael Age
The Realists wanted, one might say, to remain loyal to Michael. Even though the thoughts had fallen from his domain and into that of men, they yet wanted as thinkers to go on serving Michael as Prince of Intelligence in the Cosmos. The Nominalists, in the unconscious part of their souls, completed the falling-away from Michael. They regarded, not Michael, but Man as the owner of thoughts.
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