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Blake connaissait déjà le Coronavirus en 1795
Le texte ci-dessous est l’extrait du livre William Blake: écrit par Osbert Burdett, publié par Parkstone International. La magie singulière de Blake consistait à attiser les sentiments tout en s’adressant, apparemment, à la raison. La clé réside dans l’assimilation qu’il faisait entre « intelligence » et « imagination ». Sa propre prose fournit le meilleur vernis pour sa poésie et ses idées axiomatiques sont simples. « L’énergie est l’éternel délice » ; « Le Bien est le passif qui se soumet à la Raison. Le Mal est l’actif qui prend source dans l’Énergie. Bien est Ciel. Mal est Enfer. » Ce faisant, Blake fait allusion à Milton et proteste, comme tous…
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Wir bitten um einen Kommentar über: William Blake kannte bereits in 1795 den Coronavirus
Der untenstehende Text ist ein Auszug aus dem William Blake von Osbert Burdett, herausgegeben von Parkstone International. Blakes wundersamer Zauber ging davon aus, Gefühle aufzuwühlen, wo scheinbar der Verstand angesprochen wurde. Der Schlüssel liegt hier in seiner Gleichsetzung von „Verstand“ und „Imagination“. Seine eigenen Prosaschriften sind das beste Referenzmaterial zu seiner Lyrik und seine axiomatischen Vorstellungen sind überaus schlicht: „Energie ist ewige Freude;“ „Gut ist das Passive, das der Vernunft gehorcht. Böse ist das Aktive, das der Energie entspringt. Gut ist Himmel. Böse ist Hölle.“ Somit behauptete Blake – in Anlehnung an Milton, und sich wie alle Mystiker, einschließlich Bunyan25, dagegen erhebend, Religion mit Moral zu verwechseln –, dass die Begriffe „gut“…
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William Blake already knew about the Coronavirus in 1795
The text below is the excerpt from the book William Blake, written by Osbert Burdett, published by Parkstone International. Blake’s peculiar magic was to stir the feelings when appearing to address the mind. His identification of “intelligence” with “imagination” is the key. His own prose provides the best glosses on his poetry, and his axiomatic ideas are simple. “Energy is eternal delight;” “Good is the passive that obeys reason. Evil is the active springing from energy. Good is heaven. Evil is hell.” Thus, taking a hint from Milton, and protesting as all mystics, including Bunyan, have protested that religion is not to be confused with morality, Blake asserted that the words good…
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Vampires: dark and evil or sparkly and romantic?
When thinking of dark romanticism, I am plagued with thoughts of dark, sultry mystery. Especially encompassing the supernatural, dark romanticism is essentially the humanising of all things evil and hellish. This includes vampires, werewolves, ghouls, devils, the whole gamut. Having just come off of a most epic two month Buffy-binge, I get it. But authors like Stephanie Meyer, have taken what was once the essence of evil and torture and literally turned them into shiny, happy beings.
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Love and Passion in Their Time and Place
What is your least favourite thing about Facebook – the most popular social networking tool in existence? I would have to say, just barely beating the 12 engagements a week which are really just a reminder of how lonely I might be someday, it is undoubtedly the mushy, gushy, self-taken photos of a lip-locked couple. That’s nice, I’m happy for you, but do you really need to plaster it all over my newsfeed? But when did a couple in love start to produce this shuttering, nearly vomit inducing feeling? Certainly artists from the 15th century and beyond were able to find beauty and romance in such imagery. How many of…















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