1639、如前所述，由词语构成的言语是适合世人，事实上适合他的肉体记忆的言语；而由思维观念构成的言语是适合灵人，事实上适合内部记忆，也就是灵之记忆的言语。人们没有意识到自己拥有内部记忆，因为对属于物质世界的琐事的记忆，也就是肉体记忆成了全部，掩盖了内部记忆。然而，没有适合灵的内部记忆，人根本无法思考。我经常通过内部记忆，因而以灵人自己的语言，也就是思维观念与灵人交谈。至于这种语言何等普遍和丰富，可从以下事实清楚看出来：每一个词都包含一个广泛观念，因为众所周知，一个词所具有的一个观念可用许多词来阐述。属于一个具体主题的一个观念更是如此，属于众多主题的一个观念尤其如此，即便这些主题可以组合成一个看似简单的复合观念。由此可见，灵人们彼此自然使用的言语是什么样，世人便通过这种言语与灵人结合在一起。
New Century Edition
Cooper(2008,2013)
[NCE]1639. Verbal speech, as I said, is characteristic of people on earth and, to be specific, of their physical memory.{*1} Speech composed of thoughts, however, is the speech of spirits and, to be specific, of inner memory, which is the memory of the spirit. We are not aware that we have the latter kind of memory, because the memory of trivia belonging to the material world 钬?physical memory 钬?seems all-important and overshadows the inner memory. The reality, though, is that without the inner memory characteristic of our spirit, we are completely incapable of thought.
I have often used my inner memory in talking with spirits, which is to say that I have used their own language; that is, I have spoken by means of thought. The universality of the language and its richness can be seen from the fact that each word contains a whole concept of tremendous reach. As we know, it can take some time to lay out the thought behind a single word, still more the thought behind a single topic, and more yet the thought behind a constellation of topics, even if these can be brought together into a single, simple-looking composite. These considerations give some clue to the kind of speech that spirits naturally use with each other and what type of speech it is that links us to spirits.
Footnotes:
{*1} Swedenborg defines physical memory in 搂4901:3 as the faculty of memory we possess during physical life. He discusses this outer memory and inner, spiritual memory at length in 搂搂2469-2494. [LHC]
Potts(1905-1910) 1639
1639. The speech of words, as has been said, is the speech proper to man, and in fact to his corporeal memory; but the speech of ideas of thought is the speech of spirits, and in fact of the interior memory, which is the memory of the spirit. Men are not aware that they have this memory, because the memory of particulars, or of material things, which is corporeal, is everything, and obscures the interior memory; when yet without the interior memory, which is proper to his spirit, man cannot think at all. From this memory I have often spoken with spirits, thus in their own language, that is, by ideas of thought. How universal and copious this language is, may be seen from the fact that every word contains an idea of great extension; for it is well known that the single idea of a word may be set forth by many words; and this is still more true of the idea of one whole subject, and still more so of the idea of a number of such subjects, which can be brought together into one compound idea that still appears as simple; from which may be seen what is the quality of the natural speech of spirits among themselves, and by means of which speech man is conjoined with spirits.
Elliott(1983-1999) 1639
1639. Speech composed of words, as has been stated, is the speech that belongs properly to man, and indeed to his bodily memory, whereas speech composed of ideas comprising thought is the speech that belongs to spirits, and indeed to the interior memory, which is the memory possessed by the spirit. Men are not aware of having this interior memory because the memory of particulars, that is, of material things, which is of a bodily nature, is everything and obscures the interior memory. Yet without the interior memory, which belongs properly to his spirit, man is unable to think at all. I have spoken to spirits quite often by means of that memory, and so in their own language, that is, through the ideas that are part of thought. How universal and abundant that language is becomes clear from the fact that every word holds within itself an idea that is wide-ranging; for it is well known that a single idea which a word possesses may be set forth by the use of many words. This is even more true of an idea belonging to one particular subject, and truer still of an idea belonging to many such subjects, which may be drawn together into one composite idea which nevertheless seems to be a simple whole. These considerations show what the speech is like which comes naturally to spirits when with one another and by means of which man is joined to spirits.
Latin(1748-1756) 1639
1639. Loquela vocum, ut dictum, est loquela propria hominum, et quidem memoriae ejus corporeae, at loquela idearum cogitationis est loquela spirituum, et quidem memoriae interioris quae est memoria spiritus; hanc homines non sciunt se habere, quia memoria particularium seu materialium quae corporea est, omne facit et obfuscat interiorem, cum tamen homo absque memoria interiore, ejus spiritus propria, nihil potest cogitare; ex hac memoria saepius locutus sum cum spiritibus, ita lingua eorum propria, hoc est, per ideas cogitationis; quae lingua quam universalis et copiosa sit, constare potest ex eo quod unaquaevis vox habeat ideam multae extensionis, nam notam est quod una vocis idea multis exponi possit, magis idea unius rei, et magis adhuc plurium, quae conferri possunt in unam compositam, apparentem usque ut simplicem; ex quibus constare potest qualis est loquela naturalis spirituum inter se, et per quam loquelam homo conjungitur spiritibus.