4761. These two [types] both make the dragon in one respect. Each wants to break the inner meaning and destroy it: the one utterly and completely, the other also by being unwilling to recognize the existence of any other Word than the literal meaning.
4761. These two classes together make the dragon, as to one mode; for each wished to violate the internal sense and destroy it - one altogether and openly, the other also, by not being willing to know that any other Word is given than the sense of the letter.
4761. Bina illa simul faciunt draconem quoad unum modum, nam uterque voluit violare sensum internum et destruere illum, unus prorsus et plane, alter etiam per quod non scire vellet aliud Verbum dari quam sensus literae.