AE 781 - natural conclusions

AE 781 [4]

The many things that man reasons
and forms conclusions about
from the natural man without spiritual light, that is,
without the light of the understanding enlightened by the Lord,
are called fallacies,
for the natural man takes the ideas of his thought
from earthly, corporeal, and worldly things,
which in themselves are material;
and when a man's thought is not elevated above these
he thinks materially about things spiritual;
and material thought without spiritual light
derives everything from the loves of the natural man
and from their delights,
which are contrary to heavenly loves and their delights.