474. But it ought to be known that it is the will that makes the man, while thought makes the man only so far as it goes forth from the will; and deeds and works go forth from both; or what is the same, it is love that makes the man, and faith only so far as it goes forth from love; and deeds or works go forth from both. Consequently, the will or love is the man himself, for whatever things go forth belong to that from which they go forth. To go forth is to be brought forth and presented in suitable form in order to be perceived and seen.# From these things it can be confirmed what faith is when separated from love, namely, that it is no faith, but mere knowledge, which has no spiritual life in it; likewise what a deed or work is apart from love, namely, that it is not a deed or work of life, but a deed or work of death, which possesses an appearance of life from an evil love and a false faith. This appearance of life is what is called spiritual death. # The will of man is the very being (esse) of his life, because it is the receptacle of love or good, and the understanding is the manifestation (existere) of life therefrom, because it is the receptacle of faith or truth (n. 3619, 5002, 9282). Thus the life of the will is the chief life of man, and the life of the understanding proceeds therefrom (n. 585, 590, 3619, 7342, 8885, 9282, 10076, 10109, 10110). In the same way as light proceeds from fire or flame (n. 6032, 6314). From this it follow, that man is man by virtue of his will and his understanding therefrom (n. 8911, 9069, 9071, 10076, 10109, 10110). Every man is loved and esteemed by others in accordance with the good of his will and of his understanding therefrom, for he who wills well and understands well is loved and esteemed; and he who understands well and does not will well is set aside and despised (n. 8911, 10076). Man death man continues to be such as his will is, and his understanding therefrom (n. 9069, 9071, 9386, 10153). Consequently, after death man continues to be such as his love is, and his faith therefrom; and whatever belongs to his faith and not also to his love then vanishes, because it is not in the man, thus not of the man (n. 553, 2364, 10153).