Could I trouble you for references to deification in the work of Aristotle?
Yes, if you'll allow me a moment . . . I was thinking how Voegelin might hang his criticism of Locke on general_re (link).
In #772 I cite the Metaphysics. This same idea he picks up in the Nicomachean Ethics book 10. The divine life is the best life, it is the life humans aspire to as much as is humanly possible. Sorry, I don't have exact references with me right now.
You will recognize that my response to exmarine was rhetorical and that Aristotle is no Plotinus. I merely point out that Alexander's motives shouldn't be so terribly suspect. It is rather normal to seek deification if you know what I mean.
And to circumvent confusion (saving myself), I'll point out that I had said "no more" than St. Paul.