Spiritual Experiences (Buss) n. 1397

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1397. They are like those in military service who love nothing but slaughter and spoils, and are delighted solely in such things. But it is different with those who do this from duty, regarding them as enemies, and thus acting from command; I have also met some of them who, although they were soldiers, were among the more blessed. Interior things are what condemn in the other life, namely, the quality of the "animus", or as they say, the quality of the will. 1748, Mar. 15.


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