Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 2202

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2202. That 'Sarah laughed within herself' means the affection possessed by that rational truth that such was to take place is clear from the meaning of 'laughing' or laughter as the affection for truth, dealt with already in 2072. What these words embody within themselves follows next.


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