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The Soul or Rational Psychology by Emanuel Swedenborg ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

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The Importance of Faith in the Senses

It does not appear to the senses that a certain fluid flows very swiftly through the least fibres, or that atmospheres are divided into parts. It also seems to the senses as if there were an attraction, a vacuum and a single atmosphere. So in other instances, we may conclude that if we have faith in our senses only, we shall be more like animals than rational beings. For the brute animals are easily deceived by fallacious visions or appearances. Therefore, it is not for man to become wise by means of the senses or experience alone. In that degree, we shall dispel the clouds and fallacies of the senses and penetrate clearly into truths themselves. And the same faith we shall deny

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