The New Philosophy Vol 83 No 2, April-June 1980

Are any of Swedenborg's limitations imposed on the Divine revelation given through him? Are there scientific inaccuracies? slips of the pen? misunderstandings? From a philosophic standpoint there is a prior question: Even if there were such errors mingled with Divine revelation, would mere men ever be in a position to affirm their existence? Can the human understanding be trusted to identify them? Although one might, from a theoretical consideration, hesitate to answer yes to these questions, nevertheless, some of the obvious candidates for being so identified seem so plain as to leave little doubt. Let us take up just one of these.