AE 650b [9]
. . . in the Word "beast" and "wild beast" are carefully distinguished,
"beasts" signifying the affections of the natural person
that belong to a person's will,
and "wild beasts" the affections of the natural person
that belong to a person's understanding.
AE 650 [17]
What is exterior or natural is signified by "beast,"
because a person, in respect to his external or natural
a person is nothing but a beast;
for he enjoys like desires and also pleasures, appetites and senses,
so that in these respects a person is entirely similar to the beast;
therefore the natural person may be called the animal person.
But what is internal or spiritual is signified by "person,"
because it is in respect to his internal or spiritual
that a person is a person;
this enjoys the affections of good and truth
such as are with the angels of heaven,
also because by means of this with him
a person rules his natural or animal person, which is a beast.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment