Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 10742

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10742. This explains why those whose life is composed of self-love and love of the world desire what is good only for themselves, and not for anybody else unless it will be to their own advantage. And since their life comes from hell they despise others in comparison with themselves, are angry with others who do not treat them favourably, hate them, burn with the desire to take vengeance on them, indeed to treat them brutally. These feelings eventually become the delights of their life, thus the kinds of love constituting it.


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