Emanuel Swedenborg (1766/1925) The Apocalypse Revealed. p. 223
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The diabolical kingdom consists of those who are in the love of dominion from love of self and thence in foolishness; for this love is opposite to celestial love, and its foolishness is opposite to celestial wisdom; but the satanic kingdom consists of those who are in the love of dominion from the pride of their own intelligence, and thence in insanity; for this love is opposite to spiritual love, and its insanity is opposite to spiritual intelligence.

— Emanuel Swedenborg on Spiritual intelligence

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The diabolical kingdom consists of those who are in the love of dominion from love of self and thence in foolishness; for this love is opposite to celestial love, and its foolishness is opposite to celestial wisdom; but the satanic kingdom consists of those who are in the love of dominion from the pride of their own intelligence, and thence in insanity; for this love is opposite to spiritual love, and its insanity is opposite to spiritual intelligence." in the context of "Emanuel Swedenborg (1766/1925) The Apocalypse Revealed. p. 223" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Emanuel Swedenborg

About Emanuel Swedenborg

Emanuel Swedenborg (29 January 1688 – 29 March 1772) was a Swedish philosopher, mystic, and scientist.