William Blake, His Philosophy and SymbolsPeter Smith, 1958 - 487 pages |
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... Idea , which again has to pass through the same stages . In other words , the poem represents the action and reaction of Ideas upon society , and society upon ideas . ' 1 But none of these interpretations have really disclosed the ...
... Idea , which again has to pass through the same stages . In other words , the poem represents the action and reaction of Ideas upon society , and society upon ideas . ' 1 But none of these interpretations have really disclosed the ...
Page 293
... idea was a common one in Blake's own time . Thomas Paine , in a letter on The Age of Reason ( Paris , May 12 , 1797 ) , wrote : It is not a God , just and good , but a devil , under the name of God , that the Bible describes . ' Shelley ...
... idea was a common one in Blake's own time . Thomas Paine , in a letter on The Age of Reason ( Paris , May 12 , 1797 ) , wrote : It is not a God , just and good , but a devil , under the name of God , that the Bible describes . ' Shelley ...
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... idea that the body is not a separate thing from the soul is not at all new , and dates back to Xenophanes . Blake had already hinted at it in Principle 1 of All Religions are One : The Poetic Genius is the True Man , and the Body or ...
... idea that the body is not a separate thing from the soul is not at all new , and dates back to Xenophanes . Blake had already hinted at it in Principle 1 of All Religions are One : The Poetic Genius is the True Man , and the Body or ...
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Ahania Angel appears become Beulah Bible Blake body Book Book of Los Book of Urizen Bromion Chapter clouds Commentary copy Creation Daughters of Albion death descends Divine doctrine earth Emanation engraved Enion Enitharmon error Eternity evil Experience eyes Fall false Felpham Female fire flames flesh Four Zoas Gates Hayley Heaven and Hell human illustrations Imagination Inspiration Jakob Böhme Jerusalem Jesus Last Judgment Line Luvah Marriage of Heaven material Milton Moon mystical Nature never Night nude Oothoon Palamabron Paradise passage Passion philosophy Plate poem Poet Poetic poetry Prophetic Rahab Reason religion repeated represents Revolution Rintrah Satan seems Selfhood sense serpent Shadow sleep Songs of Experience Songs of Innocence sons soul Space Spectre spirit stanza stars Swedenborg symbol Tharmas Thel Theotormon things thou thought Tiriel Tree truth Urizen Urthona Vala verse vision William Blake woman wrath wrote