Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 7368

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7368. That person is said to act for his own sake and that of kith and kin because he makes one with them, and they make one with him. When for instance anyone does something for the sake of his wife, children, grandchildren, sons-in-law, and daughters-in-law, he does it for his own sake since they are his own. The same is true of him who does it for the sake of other relatives, and for the sake of friends who go along with his love and thereby link themselves to him. For by being linked to him in that way they make one with him, that is, they see themselves bound up with him, and him with them.


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