79、综上所述,可以看出,一切邪恶都包含在这两种爱里面并来自它们。前面(75节)所列举的邪恶都是基本种类的;其它未列举的邪恶是子种类的,从它们当中衍生并流出来。由此明显可知,人因生在这两种爱中,故生在各种邪恶中。
79、综上所述,很显然一切邪恶都存在于并来源于那两种爱。上面第75节列举了主要的邪恶,其它未举出的次级邪恶从其衍生或源自它们。因此可以看到,因为人生于这两种爱,所以生于种种邪恶。
79. We can see from what has now been said that all our evils are contained in and come from this pair of loves. The evils listed in 75 are basic categories; other evils not listed there are subcategories that derive and flow from them.
This shows that since we are born with these two loves we are born with evils of all kinds. 1
Footnotes:
1. While Swedenborg maintains that "everyone is born for heaven," and "no one is born for hell" ( Heaven and Hell 329), he also says that "we are born into every type of evil, . . . so on our own we are condemned to hell" ( Secrets of Heaven 10367[3]). This concept of "hereditary evil" is based on the notion that an inclination to do evil is inherited from one's parents. It is distinct from the traditional Christian concept of original sin first articulated by Augustine (see Kelly 1960, 361-366), which is based on the notion that all humans inherit actual sin from Adam and Eve. In Swedenborg's view, humans are born inclined to do evils of every kind, and more so to commit those evils that one's parents have committed, though every human is perpetually in freedom to choose between good and evil. Despite the differentiation Swedenborg makes between hereditary evil and original sin, he does not claim that the simple fact of our being born evil is unique to his theology. For an example of a similar teaching from Lutheran confessional texts, see the following statement in the Apology of the Augsburg Confession: "It is further taught that since Adam's fall all human beings, who are naturally conceived, are born in sin. From their mother's womb they are all filled with evil desire and the inclination toward evil" (McCain, Baker, and Veith 2006, 76. 2). For more on Swedenborg's concept of hereditary evil, see Secrets of Heaven 313, 494:2; True Christianity 469, 520-521; Marriage Love 525. For a passage specifically on our being born evil, see Secrets of Heaven 987, which further cites Genesis 8:21, "The inclination of the human heart is evil from youth" (New Revised Standard Version). [RHK, KK, JSR, RS, SS]
79. From what I have said, we can see that every bad trait is contained in selfishness and materialism, and comes from them. The ones listed in number 75 above are the general categories. All others, which are not listed because they are individual instances, originate and flow from those. So you can see that since we are born with these two loves, we are born with every kind of bad trait in us.
79. What has been stated allows it to be seen that all evils are contained in and come from those two loves. For the evils which were listed above (75) are generic. The remainder, which were not listed, because they are specific, are derived and flow from them. From this it can be established that a person has by birth evils of every kind, because he has by birth those two loves.
79. From what has now been said it may be seen, that all evils are contained in those two loves, and are from them; for the evils that have been enumerated at no. 75, are general evils the rest that have not been enumerated, being particular evils: are derived, and flow from the former. From this it may appear, that, since a man is born into those two loves, he is born into evils of every kind.
79. From what has now been said, it may be seen that all evils are in and from those two loves; for the evils which were enumerated (n. 75) are common; the others, which were not enumerated, because they are specific, are derived and flow from them. Hence it may appear, that man, because he is born into these two loves, is born into evils of every kind.
79. Ex his quae nunc dicta sunt, videri potest quod in binis illis amoribus, et ex illis, sint omnia mala; nam illa mala quae enumerata sunt (75), sunt communia; reliqua, quae non enumerata sunt, quia sunt specifica, derivantur et fluunt ex illis. Inde constare potest quod homo, quia nascitur in binos illos amores, nascatur in mala omnis generis.