Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 4006

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4006. 'And all the speckled and spotted she-goats' means every good of truth among which evil and falsity have been mingled. This is clear from the meaning of 'she-goats' as the goods of truth, dealt with in 3995, in this case the forms of good that are coupled with truths, dealt with immediately above in 4005; from the meaning of 'speckled' as the forms of good with which evils have been mingled; and from the meaning of 'spotted' as truths with which falsities have been mingled, dealt with in 3993, 3995.


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