Spiritual Experiences (Buss) n. 1053

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1053. THAT THINGS RATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND NATURAL, OUGHT TO BE ALTOGETHER SUBSERVIENT TO THINGS MORE INTERIOR This fact is declared by one single instance, namely, that the human body with all its members, viscera and organs is so constructed according to all the arts and sciences of nature - even the most hidden things of all the sciences however many they are or ever can be - and all and each of them are entirely subservient to the soul and the will, so that they only know how to comply and serve. This is true of the body; and yet the body is such that it is to be esteemed as of no value, something that will die, thus as a corpse. What, then, are the sciences which are brought forth, for they are as nothing compared with the things in the body! 1748, Feb. 27.


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