Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . ledmy parents with astonishment, and made them declare at times, that certainlythe angels spoke through my mouth. Interspersed through his manuscriptsare frequently seen the following rules, which he doubtless wished to preserveuppermost in his mind: 1. Often to read and meditate upon the Word of To submit everything to the wil
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . ledmy parents with astonishment, and made them declare at times, that certainlythe angels spoke through my mouth. Interspersed through his manuscriptsare frequently seen the following rules, which he doubtless wished to preserveuppermost in his mind: 1. Often to read and meditate upon the Word of To submit everything to the will of Divine providence. 3. To preserve ineverything a propriety of behavior, and always to keep the conscience To discharge with fidelity the functions of his employments and the dutiesof his office, and to render himself in all things useful to society. In 1716, Swedenborg was appointed by Charles XII. assessor extraordinaryof the board of mines, which office he retained until 1743. During the formerpart of this period he travelled much. His society was sought by the learnedin his own and other countries. The philosophical works published by himduring the above period are numerous, and they successively indicate a gradual 236 EMANUEL Emanuel Swedcnborg. preparation of mind for the performance of higher duties, which are intimatelyblended with the new dispensation under which we now live. He%insists thatnone but a good man can be a true philosopher. Too great an accumulationof facts and of experiments was deemed unnecessary; the truths of genuinewisdom being ever near, and pressing for admission into the mind of is required of the recipient but to discipline the mind, control the passions,bring into due subjection worldly and selfish affections, and thus become theimage and likeness of God. Man, when originally created in this image andlikeness, possessed intuitively the elements of true wisdom and philosophy. Inhis philosophical researches, he
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