Arcana Coelestia #207

Durch Emanuel Swedenborg

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207. Verse 6 And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was appetizing to the eyes, and a tree desirable for imparting intelligence; and she took from its fruit and ate; and she also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.

'Good for food' means inordinate desire. 'Appetizing to the eyes' means delusion. 'Desirable for imparting intelligence' means base pleasure. These statements refer to the proprium, which is the woman. 'Her husband ate' means that the rational conceded, 265.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.