AC 4404 - AC 4405 - The Correspondences of the Senses, Particularly Sight

AC 4404 - AC 4405

As regards the correspondence of the senses,
speaking generally
the sense of touch corresponds to the affection of good,
the sense of taste to the affection of knowing,
the sense of smell to the affection of perceiving,
the sense of hearing to the affection of learning,
and also to obedience,
and the sense of sight to the affection of understanding
and of being wise.

The reason why the sense of sight corresponds to
the affection of understanding and being wise,
is that the sight of the body corresponds precisely
to the sight of its spirit, thus to the understanding.
For there are two lights,
one which is of the world from the sun,
the other which is of heaven from the Lord.
In the light of the world there is no intelligence,
but there is intelligence in the light of heaven.
Consequently insofar as those things with a person
which are of the light of the world are illumined
by those which are of the light of heaven,
thus insofar as these two classes of things
correspond to each other,
so far the person understands and is wise.