elements are sifted out from one another (§360). Ultimately the elements become completely separate, so that all the fire is gathered together, all the water gathered somewhere else, and the same for air and earth. Obviously, when the cosmos is dominated totally by Love or by Strife, there will be no people, animals, or plants. It’s only when we are somewhere in between these moments of total domination that things get really interesting. A cosmos like ours results when Strife has broken down the unified oneness of Love (the “sphere”), but not pulled it apart completely. Such a cosmos will
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