Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 5204

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5204. 'And thin-fleshed' means which are not embodiments of charity. This is clear from the meaning of 'fat-fleshed' as things which are matters of charity, also dealt with above, in 5200, and therefore 'thin-fleshed' here means things which are not matters of charity, for the two are contraries.


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