EU 34 - uses; EU 38 - Aristotle

EU 34
. . . uses . . . are the ends of knowledges . . .

EU 38
. . . there were two discoursing with each other above my head,
and on inquiring who they were,
it was said that one of them was most renowned in the learned world,
and it was given me to believe that it was Aristotle.

. . . the terms which he invented,
and which he imposed on subjects of thought,
were forms of expression by which he described interior things;
also that he was excited to such things by a delight of the affection,
and by a desire of knowing the things of the thought and understanding,
and that he followed obediently whatever his spirit had dictated.
Therefore he applied himself to the right ear,
contrary to the custom of his followers,
who are called schoolmen,
and who do not go from thought to terms,
but from terms to thoughts,
thus in a contrary way;
and many of them do not even proceed to thoughts,
but stick solely in terms, which if they apply,
it is to confirm whatever they desire,
and to impose on falsities an appearance of truth
according to their cupidity of persuading.
Hence philosophical things are rather means of becoming insane
than means of becoming wise;
and hence they have darkness instead of light.

. . . think continually concerning use,
and from what is interior.

He next showed me,
what idea he had conceived of the Supreme Deity,
namely, that he had represented Him to himself as having a human face,
and encompassed about the head with a radiant circle;
and that now be knew that the Lord is Himself that Man,
and that the radiant circle is the Divine from Him,
which not only flows into heaven, but also into the universe,
disposing and ruling all things therein.
He added, Whosoever disposes and rules heaven,
also disposes and rules the universe,
because the one cannot be separated from the other.
He also said that he believed in one God only,
whose attributes and qualities were distinguished by a variety of names,
and that these names were by others worshiped as gods.