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 Rh society until he is freed from the sensuous vision. In the same way the wicked is in the society of the wicked, (p. 577.)

The following is an extract from the Lectures themselves:—

What is very remarkable is the theory last advanced by Du Prel, which is noticed by Professor Vaihinger in the Kant-Studien, Vol. I., 1896–97, p. 477, under the heading, "Kant and Swedenborg: Dr. Carl Du Prel." Du Prel is here said to attribute the spirit-vision described in the letter of Kant to Fraülein von Knobloch, to Swedenborg's "Clairvoyance brought about by Mono-ideism":—

It is Strange to find the discussion of the German metaphysicians resulting in the bringing forward of Kant as a witness to the rationality of Swedenborg's claims to spirit vision! It might seem almost to be the long-delayed retribution for Kant's scornful treatment of them in the "Dreams of a Spirit-Seer, illustrated by those of Metaphysics."

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