1757、如前所述（1637，1638节），灵人与世人的对话是通过词语实现的，而灵人之间的对话是通过观念或思维实现的；这些观念或思维是词语的源头，并结合起来形成整体的概念。然而，这些观念不像人活在肉身时的观念那样模糊，而是像构成言语的观念那样尖锐和清晰。肉体死亡或被丢弃后，人类思维会变得更加清晰明了；思维观念会变得离散，以便为不同的言语形式服务，因为模糊与肉体一起被驱散了；因此，思维现在可以说从纠缠它的枷锁，因而从笼罩它的阴影中被释放出来，从而变得更瞬间、自发；因此，对每个具体观念的洞察，以及对它的感知和言论变得更直接、更迅速。
New Century Edition
Cooper(2008,2013)
[NCE]1757. The Way Spirits Talk (Continued) and How It Varies
SPIRITS talk to people in words, as noted earlier [1637, 1638]. They talk to each other in thoughts, however, which are the source of words and which combine to form whole concepts. The individual thoughts are not as dim and vague as they are in people still living in their bodies but are as sharp and clear as [the words] of speech.
Our thinking becomes more distinct and clearer after the body is discarded, and each thought then separates out to serve as a discrete unit of speech. Darkness dissolves with the body, freeing the mind of the fetters that bind it and so of the fog that envelops it. Our thinking becomes more spontaneous, and as a result we more readily see, grasp, and vocalize specific ideas.
Potts(1905-1910) 1757
1757. CONTINUATION CONCERNING THE SPEECH OF SPIRITS, AND ITS DIVERSITIES. The speech of spirits with man, as before said, is effected by words; but the speech of spirits among themselves, by ideas-the origins of words-such as are the ideas of thought; these however are not so obscure as are man's ideas while he lives in the body, but are distinct, like those of speech. Human thought, after the decease of the body, becomes more distinct and clear; and the ideas of thought become discrete, so as to serve for distinct forms of speech; for obscurity has been dissipated together with the body; and so the thought-being liberated from the shackles in which it was as it were entangled, and consequently from the shade in which it was involved-becomes more instantaneous; and hence the mental view, perception, and utterance of each thing is more prompt.
Elliott(1983-1999) 1757
1757. THE SPEECH OF SPIRITS, AND ITS VARIATIONS - continued
As stated already, the speech of spirits with man is effected by means of words, whereas the speech of spirits among themselves is effected by means of ideas - the first origins of words - such as comprise thought. Those ideas however are not so obscure as man's ideas while he is living in the body, but are distinct and separate, like those that compose speech. Following the decease of the body human thought becomes more distinct and clear, and the ideas comprising thought become discrete and separate, so that they come to serve as distinct speech-forms; for obscurity has been dispelled together with the body, and thus thought, now freed, so to speak, from the shackles by which it was held, and therefore from the shades that enveloped it, becomes more spontaneous. As a consequence, insight into every specific idea, and the perception and utterance of it, become more immediate.
Latin(1748-1756) 1757
1757. Continuatio de Loquela spirituum, et Diversitatibus ejusLOQUELA spirituum cum homine, ut prius dictum, fit per voces; sed loquela spirituum inter se per ideas, originarias vocum, quales sunt cogitationis, sed non ita obscurae ut sunt hominis dum vivit in corpore, verum distinctae sicut sunt loquelae. Cogitatio humana post corporis secessum fit distinctior et clarior, et ideae cogitationis fiunt discretae ita ut pro formis loquelae distinctis inserviant; obscurum enim cum corpore dissipatum est, et sic cogitatio a suis quasi pedicis quibus irretita, proinde ab umbris quibus involuta, liberata, fit momentanea magis, inde praesentior singularium intuitio,, apperceptio, et enuntiatio.