Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 6420

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6420. 'And they exasperate him' means resistance offered by falsities. This is clear from the meaning of 'exasperating' as resistance, for the amount of resistance offered determines how much exasperation takes place when conflict, to which reference is made here, arises. The fact that resistance is offered by falsities is evident from what follows below.


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