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CHARITY 236good, according to what the man is in his interaction with theworld. Through his civil good the man is a man of the world;according to his moral good he is a man above the world, and lowerthan heaven; and according to his spiritual good he is a man ofheaven, or an angel. The consociation of man with man is effectedby this good, and then by goods of the lower degrees, according totheir degree. For example: There is the spiritual man who wills welland does not understand well, and he who does not understandwell does not act well; he is, therefore, scarcely a rational moralman. And there is the man who understands well and does not willwell. Such a man is not the neighbor according to hisunderstanding; but he who does not will well is not the neighbor,however well he may understand.61. In a word, the will constitutes the neighbor, and theunderstanding so far as it is of the will.62. (5) The good of the internal will is the neighbor that is to beloved, and not the good of the external will, unless this makes one withthe other. There is an internal will and an external will; likewise aninternal and an external understanding.63. The internal will has conjunction with heaven, and theexternal will with the world.64. All good is of the will, and the very good of charity is good ofthe internal will.65. These are wont to be separated in a man; and are most widelyseparated in hypocrites, dissemblers, and flatterers for the sake ofgain.66. But when these wills make one then the goods of both makeone good, which is the neighbor. These principles may beillustrated by examples and comparisons.67. (6) Truth is the neighbor as far as it makes one with good; and itmakes one as do form and essence. Every form derives its quality from
CHARITY 237an essence. Therefore whatever the quality of the essence is, such isthat of its form.68. This may be illustrated by the fact that such as the will is suchis the understanding, in itself regarded.69. It may also be illustrated by sound and speech, and by manyother things.70. That truth is good in form may be seen in ApocalypseExplained. 3071. It is clear, then, that in the spiritual idea good is the neighborthat is to be loved, or the man according to his good.4The objects of charity are the individual man, a society, one’sown country, and the human race; and all men are the neighborin the strict and in the wide sense72. That man is the neighbor is known. A society is the neighborbecause a society is a composite man. One’s own country is theneighbor because the country consists of many societies, and istherefore a still more composite man. And the human race is theneighbor because the human race is composed of great societies,each of which is a composite man; and hence it is a man in thewidest sense.The subject shall be explained in this order:(1) Every man is the neighbor according to the quality of his good.30. See n. 136, 242[2], 478[2], 725[4]. [—Translator]
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Page 9 and 10: CHARITY 225the man is within it, as
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Page 13 and 14: CHARITY 229eternal life, and yet do
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Page 24: CHARITY 240laws, are enacted as for
Page 27 and 28: CHARITY 24392. It is known that suc
Page 29 and 30: CHARITY 245receptacle. So with the
Page 31 and 32: CHARITY 247114. (5) Whatever procee
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Page 35 and 36: CHARITY 251130. The general good co
Page 37 and 38: CHARITY 253this, that everyone ther
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Page 41 and 42: CHARITY 257the Lord as the “door
Page 43 and 44: CHARITY 259continually loves peace.
Page 45 and 46: CHARITY 261He loves the general goo
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Page 49 and 50: CHARITY 265177. That such things ar
Page 51 and 52: CHARITY 267within him; and everyone
Page 53 and 54: CHARITY 26911There are diversions o
Page 55 and 56: CHARITY 271diversions vary accordin
Page 57 and 58: CHARITY 273diversions are the only
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Page 61 and 62: CHARITY 277the Lord, he would not d
Page 63 and 64: CHARITY 279far he does good from Go
Page 65 and 66: CHARITY 281himself. And because the
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CHARITY 287evils in oneself, and re
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CHARITY 289213. But that these thin
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CHARITY 2915. The signs of charity
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