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In Life of Moses, Gregory writes: "...every concept that comes from some comprehensible image, by an approximate understanding and by guessing at the Divine nature, constitutes a idol of God and does not proclaim God".
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He was an idol, an icon, and an inspiration.
Or: "He is an icon, an idol.
If you want a spiritual feel, add an idol or two, like a fairy or animal.
"The fact that an Englishman has an Argentinian as an idol is very rare.
Read him not as an ancestor, still less as an idol, but as a contemporary.
You, too, can be an Idol, with a capital I.
"You... became an idol in a country of macho men," he wrote.
Perhaps even have an idol, like a famous male actor.
Buy a photograph or an idol of Lord Ganesha from any nearby religious store.
"When I was a player, I was an idol.
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