Evil Quotes by Emanuel Swedenborg

9 Evil quotes by Emanuel Swedenborg

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Swedenborg’s mystic writings often described spiritual battles. These nine concise statements provide a quick glimpse of his metaphysical view of evil.

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So far any one shuns evils, so far as he does good.

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He who is in evil, is also in the punishment of evil.

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A man who knows all goods and all truths, as many as can be known, but does not shun evils, knows nothing.

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He who assists a poor or needy villain does evil to his neighbor...for through the assistance which he renders he...supplies him with…

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The quality of the Lord's church on earth, cannot be seen by any man, so long as he lives in the world,…

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A person who knows all that is good and all that is true---as much as can be known---but does not resist evils,…

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The act of exploring what the men are, and moreover the separation of the good from the evil, is visitation; and the…

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People who have intended and loved what is evil in the world intend and love what is evil in the other life,…

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The life of any one can by no means be changed after death; an evil life can in no wise be converted…

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