SD 2854 - the ends of life

SD 2854
. . . the ends in a person are what lead him,
and what a person aims at, to obtain;
also that the intuition of ends is what distinguishes people from the brutes.
A brute animal is ignorant of ends, because his soul is of such a nature.
But a person ought to know ends and aspire to them,
view them, and be affected by them.
Since therefore the first and last end of a person is eternal life,
and he is of such a nature that he can view ends,
wherefore unless person views the true end,
or his eternal state,
and so the Lord,
he is not a person.
(August 17, 1748)