| Central to its argument is the idea that the novel offers a critique of essentialism and Manicheism. |
| It's not simple dialectical Manicheism we are talking about here. |
| He, who had been involved in the fascinating wiles of manicheism, could not be ignorant of them. |
| After abandoning Manicheism he turned to Neoplatism to elucidate his metaphysical thoughts about God. |
| The possibility of attaining paradise lies, instead, in the deconstruction of Manicheism by means of the integration of opposites. |
| This was the rise of manicheism, named for its founder Manes. |
