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932 [Doc. 313.
SWEDENBORG’S WRITINGS.
10. The state of the soul after the death of the body."
Such are on the whole the contents of the MS. volume which
we are now discussing; and from this it appears that some subjects
which were included in the plan of Transaction VI, were left out in
the prospectus of Volume IV;, and they were left out, because the
author, before preparing Volume IV, had discussed them in separate
treatises. These subjects are as follows:
"3. The Animal Spirit," which is discussed in no. 63 ; 4. The
Blood," which is treated in no. 62 ; "5. Motion," which is discussed
in the treatise on "Action," no. 66 ; and lastly, "9. Concordance of
the systems treating of the intercourse between the soul and the
body," which is treated in no. 61.
The only additional chapter, which was promised in Transaction VI,
and which was left out in Volume IV, is : "13. Divine Providence,
predestination, fate, and fortune." A work bearing a somewhat similar
title was announced by the author for publication in 1742, viz. "Divine
Prudence, Predestination, Fate, Fortune, and Human Prudence," (see
Document 201, Vol. I, p. 585). That Swedenborg really wrote a
work bearing this title appears from the last chapter of the present
work, which is entitled "Divine Providence," and where the author
says at the close, "Concerning Providence, fate, fortune, predestination,
and human prudence we have already treated ; what has been said
there may be seen and added here." This work, however, has not
been preserved among the author’s MSS.
As regards the present work, the Psychologia rationalis in
particular, it was published in 1849 by Dr. Im. Tafel as Part VII
of the Regnum Animale, and also under the special title De Anima.
Its contents are as follows:
1. A preface, explaining the genuine method of investigating the
human soul, pp. 1-3.
2. The simple fibre, which is the rudiment of the human body,
and yet independent of all the attributes of space and time, pp. 3—6.
3. On sensation, intellection, and perception, pp. 7-23.
4. The senses of touch, taste, and smell, pp. 23-36.
5. On hearing and sight, pp. 36 to 50.
6. Imagination and the memory, pp. 50-57.
7. The pure intellect, pp. 57-65.
8. Intellection, cogitation, reasoning, and judgment, pp. 65-75.
9. The intercourse between the soul and the body, pp. 75-84.
10. Harmonies and the affections arising thence, pp. 84-89.
11. The sensual mind (animus) and its affections in particular,
viz. gladness, sadness, bodily and animal loves, hatred, love of self,
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