Heaven and Hell (Harley) n. 43

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43. All who are in one society are distinguished one from another in like manner. Those who are more perfect, that is, who excel in good, thus in love, wisdom and intelligence are in the middle. Those who are less pre-eminent are round about at a distance in accordance with the decrease of their perfection. The arrangement is like light diminishing from the middle to the circumference. Those who are in the middle are also in the greatest light, and those towards the circumference in less and less.


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