Doc. of Life (Dick) n. 36

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36. Good relates to the will, truth to the understanding. From the love of good in the will proceeds the love of truth in the understanding; from the love of truth proceeds the perception of truth from the perception of truth, the thought of truth and from these comes the acknowledgment of truth, which is faith in its genuine sense. This is the progression from the love of good to faith, as will be shown in the treatise on THE DIVINE LOVE AND THE DIVINE WISDOM.


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