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tellect has both. The conceptions of the intellect greatly multiplied are indicative of the prolific notions men entertain about the world-process and things in general. "In sorrow shalt thou bring forth children, and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee" (Genesis, iji. 16). The Intellect is governed by the Will, ber husband in, allegorical speech; her children are the diverse theories which are conceived and formulated with a great deal of labour and trouble, and her very raison d'etre is the well-being of her Jord (Will.)
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The curse on Adam in also typical of the nature of the impure ego:
(i) "Cursed in the ground for thy sake; (ii) "in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the
days of thy life; (iii) "thorus also and thistles shall it bring
forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the
berb of the field ; (iv) "in the sweat of thy face shalt thou cat
bread, till thou return into the ground for out of it wast thou taken; for dust thou art and unto dust shalt thou return"-(Genesis, iii 17-19.)
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