e (n. 4353,
4997, 7179, 10122, 10367). From this it follows that the
understanding is a recipient of faith, and the will a recipient
of love (n. 7179, 10122, 10367). And since the understanding of
man is capable of receiving faith in God and the will is
capable of receiving love to God, man is capable of being
conjoined with God in faith and love, and he that is capable of
being conjoined with God in love and faith can never die (n.
4525, 6323, 9231).

474. But it must be understood that it is the will that makes the
man, while thought makes the man only so far as it goes forth from
the will; and deeds and works go forth from both; or what is the
same, it is love that makes the man, and faith only so far as it goes
forth from love; and deeds or works go forth from both. Consequently,
the will or love is the man himself, for whatever goes forth belongs
to that from which it goes forth. To go forth is to be brought forth
and presented in suitable form for being perceived and seen.{1} All
this makes clear what faith is when separated from love, namely, that
it is no faith, but mere knowledge, which has no spiritual life in
it; likewise what a deed or work is apart from love, namely, that it
is not a deed or work of life, but a deed or work of death, which
possesses an appearance of life from an evil love and a belief in
what is false. This appearance of life is what is called spiritual
death.

{Footnote 1} The will of man is the very being [esse] of his
life, because it is the receptacle of love or good, and the
understanding is the outgo [existere] of life therefrom,
because it is the receptacle of faith or truth (n. 3619, 5002,
9282). Thus the life of the will is the chief life of man, and
the life of the understanding proceeds therefrom (n. 585, 590,
3619, 7342, 8885, 9282, 10076, 10109, 10110). In the same way
as light proceeds from fire or flame (n. 6032, 6314). From this
it follows that man is man by virtue of his will and his
understanding therefrom (n. 8911, 9069, 9071, 10076, 10109,
10110). Every man is loved and esteemed by others in accordance
with the good of his will and of his understanding therefrom,
for he that wills well and understands well is loved and
esteemed; and he that understands well and does not will well
is set aside and despised (n. 8911, 10076). After death man
continues to be such as his will is, and his understanding
therefrom (n, 9069