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Old 05-09-2008, 07:00 PM   #63
mjh215
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About 10 years ago I was compiling a booklist for something and ran across this; The Delights of Wisdom on the Subject of Conjugial Love, followed by the Gross Pleasure of Folly on the Subject of Scortatory Love by Emmanuel Swedenborg.
Now the internet existed during this time, so once my various Unabridged dictionaries came up short I went online but only came up with references back to the aforementioned title.
By the title one could summize it's meaning but I really wanted a definitive answer so eventually went down to the main branch library and the 20+ volume Oxford and looked. It had three references and no definition. Two were books referring back to Swedenborg's work, and the last was Swedenborg's work.
Now of course, it's readily available;
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Scortatory

-MJ
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