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872 [Doc. 310.
SWEDENBORG’S WRITINGS.
"Codex 88.- Varia Philosophica, Anatomica, et Itine
raria. "
This Codex is Swedenborg’s Common Place Book for 1724 to
1740. It consisted originally of 760 pages, 4to, of which 30 pages
are lost. Its contents are manifold, and very much scattered through
the volume. The following are the subjects which are discussed in it:
I. The motion of the elements in general, in 13 paragraphs,
pp. 3 to 7. It constitutes Section III, in Vol. III of the Photo
lithographed MSS. For further particulars, see Document 313, no. 39.
II. Journal of Travel from May 10, 1733, to March 4, 1734,
pp. 8 to 39, pp. 46 to 49, pp. 55 to 89, pp. 107 to 109, and pp. 214
and 215. It constitutes Document 205 in the present collection.
For further particulars, see footnote to p. 6.
III. General statement respecting Swedenborg’s travels from 1710
to 1734. This is written in the Swedish language on pp. 498, 503,
and 504. It constitutes Document 204 in the present collection.
Further particulars respecting it may be found in a
on p. 3.
IV. Journal of Travels from 1736 o 1739. It is written in the
Swedish language and extends from pp. 504 to 542. It constitutes
Document 206 in the present collection; where further particulars
respecting its history may be found on p. 130, and also in a foot
note on p. 75.
V. First draughts of various matters belonging to the larger
Principia, printed in 1734, pp. 40, 47, 49, 50 to 55, 57, 58, 86,
and 87. These first draughts are printed as Section IV in Vol. III
of the Swedenborg MSS., pp. 83 to 90. For further particulars, see
Document 313, no. 40.
VI. A short treatise on the Mechanism of the Soul and the Body,
extending from pp. 116 to 131. It constitutes Section V in the
above-named volume. For further particulars, see Document 313, no. 41.
VII. A comparison of the ontology and cosmology of Christopher
Wolf with Swedenborg’s Principia Rerum Naturalium; p. 41 and
pp. 159 to 206. It is photo-lithographed as Section VI in the above
named volume. This tract is more thoroughly discussed in Docu
ment 313, no. 42.
VIII. Miscellaneous philosophical and anatomical deductions, with
a paragraph on faith in Christ ; pp. 207 to 213. These constitute
Section VII in the above-named volume. The writing on the covers
of the Codex is given by photo-lithography on p. 141, in the same
Section.
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