On The Intercourse Between The Soul and the Body, Which Is Supposed To Take Place Either By Physical Influx, Spiritual Influx, by Pre-Established Harmony
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Introduction
1. There are three opinions and traditions, which are hypotheses, concerning the intercourse between the soul and the body, or concerning the operation of one upon the other, and of one with the other ; the first is that of physical influx, the second is that of spiritual influx, and the third is that of pre-established harmony. The First hypothesis, which is that of Physical Influx, originates from the appearances of the senses, and the fallacies thence derived, because it appears as if the objects of sight, which affect the eyes, flowed in into the thought, and produced it; in like manner speech, which affects the ears, appears to flow-in into the mind and produce ideas there; and the case appears to be similar with respect to the smell, taste, and touch. Forasmuch as the Organs of these senses first receive the impressions that flow from the world, and the mind appears to think, and also to will, according to the affections of those organs, therefore the ancient philosophers and schoolmen supposed influx to be derived from them into the soul, and thus adopted the hypothesis of physical or natural influx. The Second hypothesis, which is that of Spiritual Influx, called by some occasional influx, originates from order and its laws; for the soul is a spiritual substance, and is consequently purer, prior, and interior, but the body is material, and is consequently grosser, posterior, and exterior; and it is according to order for the purer to flow-in into the grosser, the prior into the posterior, and the interior into the exterior, thus the spiritual into the material, and' not vice versa : consequently it is according to order for the thinking mind to flow-in into the sight according to the state induced on the eyes from objects presented, which state that mind also disposes at its pleasure ; and like wise for the perceptive mind to flow-in into the hearing according to the state induced on the ears by speech. The Third hypothesis, which is that of Pre-established Harmony, originates from the appearances and fallacies of reason, since the mind, in every operation, acts in unity and simultaneously with the body; but nevertheless every operation is first successive and afterwards simultaneous, and successive operation is influx, and simultaneous operation is harmony; as when the mind thinks and afterwards speaks, or when it wills and afterwards acts : wherefore it is a fallacy of reason to establish that which is simultaneous and exclude that which is successive. Besides these three opinions concerning the intercourse between the soul and the body, a fourth cannot be given, for either the soul must operate on the body or the body on the soul, or both continually together.
2. Forasmuch as spiritual influx is from order and its laws, as was said above, therefore this opinion has been acknowledged and received by the wise in the learned world in preference to the other two: for every thing which originates from order is truth, and truth manifests itself by virtue of its inherent light, even in the shade of reason in which hypotheses reside. There are three things which involve this hypothesis in shade, viz., ignorance of what the soul is, ignorance of what the spiritual is, and ignorance of the quality of influx ; wherefore these .three things must first be unfolded before reason can see the truth itself. Hypothetical truth is not truth itself, but a conjecture of truth ; it is like a picture seen at night on a wall by the light of the stars, to which the mind assigns various forms according to its fancy. It is otherwise when the sun illuminates it in the morning, and not only discovers and renders visible its generals, but also its particulars. In like manner, out of the shade of truth in which this hypothesis is, arises the open truth, when it is known what and of what quality the spiritual is respectively to the natural, what and of what quality the human soul is, and what is the quality of the influx that flows-in into the soul, and through that into the perceptive and thinking mind, and from this into the body. But these subjects can be explained by no man, unless it have been given him by the Lord to have consociation with angels in the spiritual world and with men in the natural world at the same time; and forasmuch as this has been given to me, I have been enabled to describe what and of what quality they are, which is done in the work on Conjugial Love, concerning the Spiritual, in the memorable relation n. 326 to 329; concerning the Human Soul, n. 315; concerning Influx, n. 380; and more fully in that at n. 415 to 422. Who does not know, or may not know, that the good of love and the truth of faith flow-in from God into man, and that they flow-in into his soul, and are felt in his mind, and flow-out from his thought into his speech, and from his will into his actions?...
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Introduction
1. There are three opinions and traditions, which are hypotheses, concerning the intercourse between the soul and the body, or concerning the operation of one upon the other, and of one with the other ; the first is that of physical influx, the second is that of spiritual influx, and the third is that of pre-established harmony. The First hypothesis, which is that of Physical Influx, originates from the appearances of the senses, and the fallacies thence derived, because it appears as if the objects of sight, which affect the eyes, flowed in into the thought, and produced it; in like manner speech, which affects the ears, appears to flow-in into the mind and produce ideas there; and the case appears to be similar with respect to the smell, taste, and touch. Forasmuch as the Organs of these senses first receive the impressions that flow from the world, and the mind appears to think, and also to will, according to the affections of those organs, therefore the ancient philosophers and schoolmen supposed influx to be derived from them into the soul, and thus adopted the hypothesis of physical or natural influx. The Second hypothesis, which is that of Spiritual Influx, called by some occasional influx, originates from order and its laws; for the soul is a spiritual substance, and is consequently purer, prior, and interior, but the body is material, and is consequently grosser, posterior, and exterior; and it is according to order for the purer to flow-in into the grosser, the prior into the posterior, and the interior into the exterior, thus the spiritual into the material, and' not vice versa : consequently it is according to order for the thinking mind to flow-in into the sight according to the state induced on the eyes from objects presented, which state that mind also disposes at its pleasure ; and like wise for the perceptive mind to flow-in into the hearing according to the state induced on the ears by speech. The Third hypothesis, which is that of Pre-established Harmony, originates from the appearances and fallacies of reason, since the mind, in every operation, acts in unity and simultaneously with the body; but nevertheless every operation is first successive and afterwards simultaneous, and successive operation is influx, and simultaneous operation is harmony; as when the mind thinks and afterwards speaks, or when it wills and afterwards acts : wherefore it is a fallacy of reason to establish that which is simultaneous and exclude that which is successive. Besides these three opinions concerning the intercourse between the soul and the body, a fourth cannot be given, for either the soul must operate on the body or the body on the soul, or both continually together.
2. Forasmuch as spiritual influx is from order and its laws, as was said above, therefore this opinion has been acknowledged and received by the wise in the learned world in preference to the other two: for every thing which originates from order is truth, and truth manifests itself by virtue of its inherent light, even in the shade of reason in which hypotheses reside. There are three things which involve this hypothesis in shade, viz., ignorance of what the soul is, ignorance of what the spiritual is, and ignorance of the quality of influx ; wherefore these .three things must first be unfolded before reason can see the truth itself. Hypothetical truth is not truth itself, but a conjecture of truth ; it is like a picture seen at night on a wall by the light of the stars, to which the mind assigns various forms according to its fancy. It is otherwise when the sun illuminates it in the morning, and not only discovers and renders visible its generals, but also its particulars. In like manner, out of the shade of truth in which this hypothesis is, arises the open truth, when it is known what and of what quality the spiritual is respectively to the natural, what and of what quality the human soul is, and what is the quality of the influx that flows-in into the soul, and through that into the perceptive and thinking mind, and from this into the body. But these subjects can be explained by no man, unless it have been given him by the Lord to have consociation with angels in the spiritual world and with men in the natural world at the same time; and forasmuch as this has been given to me, I have been enabled to describe what and of what quality they are, which is done in the work on Conjugial Love, concerning the Spiritual, in the memorable relation n. 326 to 329; concerning the Human Soul, n. 315; concerning Influx, n. 380; and more fully in that at n. 415 to 422. Who does not know, or may not know, that the good of love and the truth of faith flow-in from God into man, and that they flow-in into his soul, and are felt in his mind, and flow-out from his thought into his speech, and from his will into his actions?...
On The Intercourse Between The Soul and the Body, Which Is Supposed To Take Place Either By Physical Influx, Spiritual Influx, by Pre-Established Harmony
An excerpt from the beginning of the:
Introduction
1. There are three opinions and traditions, which are hypotheses, concerning the intercourse between the soul and the body, or concerning the operation of one upon the other, and of one with the other ; the first is that of physical influx, the second is that of spiritual influx, and the third is that of pre-established harmony. The First hypothesis, which is that of Physical Influx, originates from the appearances of the senses, and the fallacies thence derived, because it appears as if the objects of sight, which affect the eyes, flowed in into the thought, and produced it; in like manner speech, which affects the ears, appears to flow-in into the mind and produce ideas there; and the case appears to be similar with respect to the smell, taste, and touch. Forasmuch as the Organs of these senses first receive the impressions that flow from the world, and the mind appears to think, and also to will, according to the affections of those organs, therefore the ancient philosophers and schoolmen supposed influx to be derived from them into the soul, and thus adopted the hypothesis of physical or natural influx. The Second hypothesis, which is that of Spiritual Influx, called by some occasional influx, originates from order and its laws; for the soul is a spiritual substance, and is consequently purer, prior, and interior, but the body is material, and is consequently grosser, posterior, and exterior; and it is according to order for the purer to flow-in into the grosser, the prior into the posterior, and the interior into the exterior, thus the spiritual into the material, and' not vice versa : consequently it is according to order for the thinking mind to flow-in into the sight according to the state induced on the eyes from objects presented, which state that mind also disposes at its pleasure ; and like wise for the perceptive mind to flow-in into the hearing according to the state induced on the ears by speech. The Third hypothesis, which is that of Pre-established Harmony, originates from the appearances and fallacies of reason, since the mind, in every operation, acts in unity and simultaneously with the body; but nevertheless every operation is first successive and afterwards simultaneous, and successive operation is influx, and simultaneous operation is harmony; as when the mind thinks and afterwards speaks, or when it wills and afterwards acts : wherefore it is a fallacy of reason to establish that which is simultaneous and exclude that which is successive. Besides these three opinions concerning the intercourse between the soul and the body, a fourth cannot be given, for either the soul must operate on the body or the body on the soul, or both continually together.
2. Forasmuch as spiritual influx is from order and its laws, as was said above, therefore this opinion has been acknowledged and received by the wise in the learned world in preference to the other two: for every thing which originates from order is truth, and truth manifests itself by virtue of its inherent light, even in the shade of reason in which hypotheses reside. There are three things which involve this hypothesis in shade, viz., ignorance of what the soul is, ignorance of what the spiritual is, and ignorance of the quality of influx ; wherefore these .three things must first be unfolded before reason can see the truth itself. Hypothetical truth is not truth itself, but a conjecture of truth ; it is like a picture seen at night on a wall by the light of the stars, to which the mind assigns various forms according to its fancy. It is otherwise when the sun illuminates it in the morning, and not only discovers and renders visible its generals, but also its particulars. In like manner, out of the shade of truth in which this hypothesis is, arises the open truth, when it is known what and of what quality the spiritual is respectively to the natural, what and of what quality the human soul is, and what is the quality of the influx that flows-in into the soul, and through that into the perceptive and thinking mind, and from this into the body. But these subjects can be explained by no man, unless it have been given him by the Lord to have consociation with angels in the spiritual world and with men in the natural world at the same time; and forasmuch as this has been given to me, I have been enabled to describe what and of what quality they are, which is done in the work on Conjugial Love, concerning the Spiritual, in the memorable relation n. 326 to 329; concerning the Human Soul, n. 315; concerning Influx, n. 380; and more fully in that at n. 415 to 422. Who does not know, or may not know, that the good of love and the truth of faith flow-in from God into man, and that they flow-in into his soul, and are felt in his mind, and flow-out from his thought into his speech, and from his will into his actions?...
Introduction
1. There are three opinions and traditions, which are hypotheses, concerning the intercourse between the soul and the body, or concerning the operation of one upon the other, and of one with the other ; the first is that of physical influx, the second is that of spiritual influx, and the third is that of pre-established harmony. The First hypothesis, which is that of Physical Influx, originates from the appearances of the senses, and the fallacies thence derived, because it appears as if the objects of sight, which affect the eyes, flowed in into the thought, and produced it; in like manner speech, which affects the ears, appears to flow-in into the mind and produce ideas there; and the case appears to be similar with respect to the smell, taste, and touch. Forasmuch as the Organs of these senses first receive the impressions that flow from the world, and the mind appears to think, and also to will, according to the affections of those organs, therefore the ancient philosophers and schoolmen supposed influx to be derived from them into the soul, and thus adopted the hypothesis of physical or natural influx. The Second hypothesis, which is that of Spiritual Influx, called by some occasional influx, originates from order and its laws; for the soul is a spiritual substance, and is consequently purer, prior, and interior, but the body is material, and is consequently grosser, posterior, and exterior; and it is according to order for the purer to flow-in into the grosser, the prior into the posterior, and the interior into the exterior, thus the spiritual into the material, and' not vice versa : consequently it is according to order for the thinking mind to flow-in into the sight according to the state induced on the eyes from objects presented, which state that mind also disposes at its pleasure ; and like wise for the perceptive mind to flow-in into the hearing according to the state induced on the ears by speech. The Third hypothesis, which is that of Pre-established Harmony, originates from the appearances and fallacies of reason, since the mind, in every operation, acts in unity and simultaneously with the body; but nevertheless every operation is first successive and afterwards simultaneous, and successive operation is influx, and simultaneous operation is harmony; as when the mind thinks and afterwards speaks, or when it wills and afterwards acts : wherefore it is a fallacy of reason to establish that which is simultaneous and exclude that which is successive. Besides these three opinions concerning the intercourse between the soul and the body, a fourth cannot be given, for either the soul must operate on the body or the body on the soul, or both continually together.
2. Forasmuch as spiritual influx is from order and its laws, as was said above, therefore this opinion has been acknowledged and received by the wise in the learned world in preference to the other two: for every thing which originates from order is truth, and truth manifests itself by virtue of its inherent light, even in the shade of reason in which hypotheses reside. There are three things which involve this hypothesis in shade, viz., ignorance of what the soul is, ignorance of what the spiritual is, and ignorance of the quality of influx ; wherefore these .three things must first be unfolded before reason can see the truth itself. Hypothetical truth is not truth itself, but a conjecture of truth ; it is like a picture seen at night on a wall by the light of the stars, to which the mind assigns various forms according to its fancy. It is otherwise when the sun illuminates it in the morning, and not only discovers and renders visible its generals, but also its particulars. In like manner, out of the shade of truth in which this hypothesis is, arises the open truth, when it is known what and of what quality the spiritual is respectively to the natural, what and of what quality the human soul is, and what is the quality of the influx that flows-in into the soul, and through that into the perceptive and thinking mind, and from this into the body. But these subjects can be explained by no man, unless it have been given him by the Lord to have consociation with angels in the spiritual world and with men in the natural world at the same time; and forasmuch as this has been given to me, I have been enabled to describe what and of what quality they are, which is done in the work on Conjugial Love, concerning the Spiritual, in the memorable relation n. 326 to 329; concerning the Human Soul, n. 315; concerning Influx, n. 380; and more fully in that at n. 415 to 422. Who does not know, or may not know, that the good of love and the truth of faith flow-in from God into man, and that they flow-in into his soul, and are felt in his mind, and flow-out from his thought into his speech, and from his will into his actions?...
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