Charity (Whitehead) n. 126

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126. VI. MAN IS BORN THAT HE MAY BECOME CHARITY; AND THUS HE CANNOT BECOME UNLESS HE PERPETUALLY DOES THE GOOD OF USE TO THE NEIGHBOR, FROM AFFECTION AND DELIGHT. General explanation in the following order:-

(I.) The general good exists from the goods of use which individuals perform; and the goods of use that individuals perform subsist from the general good. (II.) The goods of use which individuals perform, from which the general good exists, are ministries, functions, offices, and various employments. (III.) All the offices and employments in a kingdom, commonwealth and state, regarded as to the goods of use, constitute a form which corresponds to the heavenly form. (IV.) They also constitute a form which corresponds to the human form. (V.) In this form each individual is a good of use, according to the extent of his office and employment.


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