4599. THE NATURE OF THE OPERATION OF THOSE WHO POSSESS GENERAL AFFECTION. There were some who had general affection, and, since there was not in it anything of detail, they took away the life of the body, as it were, or induced lassitude of mind, with lassitude of the body, as it were, and a certain indigestion in the stomach; for the reason that there is little vitality in such general affection. Life itself consists in the intelligence and wisdom of truth; and, if this is absent, there is little vitality, or there is lassitude.