3. AFFECTION (Affectio).--(See LOVE IN GENERAL.)
The affections of the love of good are infinite in number; so too the affections of the love of evil, which are called lusts (766 [CL 427]).
Affections which are of love distinguish men from each other; affections of good distinguish the good, and affections of evil distinguish the evil (773-779 [CL 427]).
The affections of the love of good and the affections of the love of evil are internal and external (780-784 [CL 272]).
With some the internal and the external affections of love are concordant and act as one, and with others they are discordant (785-802 [CL 272]).
Nearly all in the natural world can be conjoined as friends as to external affections, but few as to internal affections (803-813 [CL 272]).
In the spiritual world, however, all are conjoined as to the internal affections of love (814-823 [CL 273]).
With men there are internal affections, and with women external affections (824-832 [CL 32, 88, 89]).
There is an infinite variety of internal affections with men, and an infinite variety of external affections with women (833-840 [CL 36]).
There is given a similarity and a dissimilarity between the internal affections of men and the external affections of women (841-844 [CL 195, 227]). Several articles concerning the inclinations and affections, or the qualities of men and of women, and concerning the conjunction of these by marriage (2047 [CL 88-91, 218]).
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