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Swedenborg believed that inner life and outer reality are deeply connected and that meaning unfolds through correspondence and attention. Whether read as theology or symbolism, his work invites a different way of seeing the world.
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January 29, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Swedenborg believed that inner life and outer reality are deeply connected and that meaning unfolds through correspondence and attention. Whether read as theology or symbolism, his work invites a different way of seeing the world.
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"Moreover, no one is judged from the natural man, thus not so long as he lives in the natural world, for man is then in a natural body; but everyone is judged in the spiritual man, and therefore when he comes into the spiritual world, for man is then in a spiritual body."
January 29, 2026 at 3:52 PM
"Moreover, no one is judged from the natural man, thus not so long as he lives in the natural world, for man is then in a natural body; but everyone is judged in the spiritual man, and therefore when he comes into the spiritual world, for man is then in a spiritual body."
"For in every particular of the Word there is an internal sense which treats of things spiritual and heavenly, not of things natural and worldly, such as are treated of in the sense of the letter."
January 29, 2026 at 3:52 PM
"For in every particular of the Word there is an internal sense which treats of things spiritual and heavenly, not of things natural and worldly, such as are treated of in the sense of the letter."
"In the spiritual body moreover, man appears such as he is with respect to love and faith, for everyone in the spiritual world is the effigy of his own love, not only as to the face and the body, but also as to the speech and the actions."
January 29, 2026 at 3:52 PM
"In the spiritual body moreover, man appears such as he is with respect to love and faith, for everyone in the spiritual world is the effigy of his own love, not only as to the face and the body, but also as to the speech and the actions."
"He who is in evil, is also in the punishment of evil."
January 29, 2026 at 3:52 PM
"He who is in evil, is also in the punishment of evil."
"That every man after the life in the world lives to eternity, is evident from this, that man is then spiritual, and no longer natural, and that the spiritual man, separated from the natural, remains such as he is to eternity, for man's state cannot be changed after death."
January 29, 2026 at 3:52 PM
"That every man after the life in the world lives to eternity, is evident from this, that man is then spiritual, and no longer natural, and that the spiritual man, separated from the natural, remains such as he is to eternity, for man's state cannot be changed after death."
"I am well aware that many will say that no one can possibly speak with spirits and angels so long as he lives in the body; and many will say that it is all fancy, others that I relate such things in order to gain credence, and others will make other objections."
January 29, 2026 at 3:52 PM
"I am well aware that many will say that no one can possibly speak with spirits and angels so long as he lives in the body; and many will say that it is all fancy, others that I relate such things in order to gain credence, and others will make other objections."
"Love consists in desiring to give what is our own to another and feeling his delight as our own."
January 29, 2026 at 3:52 PM
"Love consists in desiring to give what is our own to another and feeling his delight as our own."
"True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense."
January 29, 2026 at 3:52 PM
"True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense."
D’Holbach believed that understanding nature is the foundation of freedom and moral responsibility. His writing still confronts readers with difficult questions about belief, authority, and reason.
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January 21, 2026 at 2:57 PM
D’Holbach believed that understanding nature is the foundation of freedom and moral responsibility. His writing still confronts readers with difficult questions about belief, authority, and reason.
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"If the ignorance of nature gave birth to gods, the knowledge of nature is calculated to destroy them."
January 21, 2026 at 2:57 PM
"If the ignorance of nature gave birth to gods, the knowledge of nature is calculated to destroy them."
"Man is the work of nature, he exists in nature, he is subject to its laws, he can not break free, he can not leave even in thought; it is in vain that his spirit wants to soar beyond the bounds of the visible world, he is always forced to return."
January 21, 2026 at 2:57 PM
"Man is the work of nature, he exists in nature, he is subject to its laws, he can not break free, he can not leave even in thought; it is in vain that his spirit wants to soar beyond the bounds of the visible world, he is always forced to return."
"All children are born Atheists; they have no idea of God."
January 21, 2026 at 2:57 PM
"All children are born Atheists; they have no idea of God."
"The unhappiness of people is due to their ignorance of nature."
January 21, 2026 at 2:57 PM
"The unhappiness of people is due to their ignorance of nature."
"[An atheist] is a thinker who, having reflected on the nature of matter, its energy, properties and ways of acting, has no need of idealized powers or imaginary intelligences to explain the phenomena of the universe and the operations of nature."
January 21, 2026 at 2:57 PM
"[An atheist] is a thinker who, having reflected on the nature of matter, its energy, properties and ways of acting, has no need of idealized powers or imaginary intelligences to explain the phenomena of the universe and the operations of nature."
"The universe, that vast assemblage of every thing that exists, presents only matter and motion: the whole offers to our contemplation, nothing but an immense, an uninterrupted succession of causes and effects."
January 21, 2026 at 2:57 PM
"The universe, that vast assemblage of every thing that exists, presents only matter and motion: the whole offers to our contemplation, nothing but an immense, an uninterrupted succession of causes and effects."
"All religions are ancient monuments to superstition, ignorance and ferocity."
January 21, 2026 at 2:57 PM
"All religions are ancient monuments to superstition, ignorance and ferocity."
"If we go back to the beginnings of things, we shall always find that ignorance and fear created the gods; that imagination, rapture and deception embellished them; that weakness worships them; that custom spares them; and that tyranny favors them in order to profit from the blindness of men."
January 21, 2026 at 2:57 PM
"If we go back to the beginnings of things, we shall always find that ignorance and fear created the gods; that imagination, rapture and deception embellished them; that weakness worships them; that custom spares them; and that tyranny favors them in order to profit from the blindness of men."
Jeffers challenged readers to step outside themselves and see humanity as only one force among many. His poetry remains unsettling because it refuses comfort.
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January 20, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Jeffers challenged readers to step outside themselves and see humanity as only one force among many. His poetry remains unsettling because it refuses comfort.
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"As for me, I would rather be a worm in a wild apple than a son of man. But we are what we are, and we might remember not to hate any person, for all are vicious; And not to be astonished at any evil, all are deserved; And not to fear death; it is the only way to be cleansed."
January 20, 2026 at 2:45 PM
"As for me, I would rather be a worm in a wild apple than a son of man. But we are what we are, and we might remember not to hate any person, for all are vicious; And not to be astonished at any evil, all are deserved; And not to fear death; it is the only way to be cleansed."
"The greatest beauty is organic wholeness, the wholeness of life and things, the divine beauty of the universe."
January 20, 2026 at 2:45 PM
"The greatest beauty is organic wholeness, the wholeness of life and things, the divine beauty of the universe."
"Does it matter whether you hate yourself? At least love your eyes that can see, your mind that can hear the music, the thunder of the wings."
January 20, 2026 at 2:45 PM
"Does it matter whether you hate yourself? At least love your eyes that can see, your mind that can hear the music, the thunder of the wings."
"The love of freedom has been the quality of Western man."
January 20, 2026 at 2:45 PM
"The love of freedom has been the quality of Western man."