NJHD 50 - the sensual

NJHD 50
Sensual people reason sharply and shrewdly,
because their thought is so near their speech
as to be almost in it,
and because they place all intelligence in discourse
from the memory alone.
--- (AC 195, 196, 5700, 10236)
But they reason from the fallacies of the senses,
with which the common people are captivated.
--- (AC 5084, 6948, 6949, 7693)
Sensual people are more crafty and malicious than others.
--- (AC 7693, 10236)
The avaricious, adulterers, the voluptuous,
and the deceitful especially are sensual.
--- (AC 6310)
Their interiors are foul and filthy.
--- (AC 6201)
By means thereof they communicate with the hells.
--- (AC 6311)
They who are in the hells are sensual
in proportion to their depth.
--- (AC 4623, 6311)
The sphere of infernal spirits conjoins itself
with a person's sensual from behind.
--- (AC 6312)
They who reasoned from the sensual,
and thereby against the truths of faith,
were called by the ancients
serpents of the tree of knowledge.
--- (AC 195-197, 6398, 6949, 10313)