AC 3804
The good which Jacob represents
(which is the good of the natural),
like all good in general,
is known and acknowledged as to its existence,
but not as to its quality,
except by means of truths;
for good receives its quality from truths,
and thus by means of truths is known and acknowledged.
Good does not become the good
which is called the good of charity
until truths are implanted in it,
and such as are the truths that are implanted in it,
such good does it become.
[2] For this reason the good of one person,
although it may appear precisely similar to that of another,
is yet not the same;
and with all persons whatsoever in the universe
the good of one is different from that of another.
It is the same with human faces,
in which for the most part the affections are portrayed,
and throughout the whole human race
none are exactly alike.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
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