764. About truth and good
I spoke with spirits about showing respect to anyone, and I was informed that respect, as well as fear, is attributed to truth, for it is truth that is feared, and thus respected; whereas love is attributed to good, for what is good ought to be loved, because goodness has that quality in it. By a regenerated person, however, as by the angels or by the heavens, both good and truth are loved, because good is the source of truths.