AC 8458 - A Small Round Thing; AC 8459 - Snow and Hoar Frost

AC 8458 - A Small Round Thing

A small round thing.
(Exodus 16:14)

That this means the good of truth in its first formation,
is evident from the meaning of "small,"
as being predicated of truth;
and from the meaning of "round,"
as being predicated of good;
consequently "a small round thing"
is predicated of the good of truth.
The good with the person of the spiritual church
is called "the good of truth,"
and is truth not only as to origin,
but also as to essence.
It is seen as truth,
but it is felt as good.
Consequently as truth
it forms the intellectual part of the mind,
and as good
it forms the new will part.
For in a person the intellectual part
is distinguished from the will part
by the fact that the intellectual part
presents to itself things in a form,
and so that it may see them as in the light,
whereas the will part is affected by them
so that it simultaneously feels them as delight,
thus as good,
and this according to the quality of the form.

AC 8459 - Snow and Hoar Frost

Snow, from being small and white,
is predicated of truth;
but hoar frost, from its continuity,
is predicated of truth made good,
which is the good of truth.
. . . Truth is said to be consistent
and flowing in the form of good,
because truth is the form of good,
and good is the life of this form,
and is as it were its soul.