Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 9157

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9157. '[Whether it is] for an ox, for an ass, for a member of the flock' means any harm done to good or truth, exterior or interior, or else any loss of them. This is clear from the meaning of 'ox and ass' as exterior good and truth, and from the meaning of 'member of the flock' as interior truth and good, all dealt with above in 9135.


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