“ Those who restrain Desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained ”
William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790). copy citation
| Author | William Blake |
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| Source | The Marriage of Heaven and Hell |
| Topic | desire restraint control |
| Date | 1790 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Marriage_of_Heaven_and_Hell |
Context
“Man has no Body distinct from his Soul for that called Body is a portion of Soul discernd by the five Senses, the chief inlets of Soul in this age.
2, Energy is the only life and is from the Body and Reason is the bound or outward circumference of Energy.
3. Energy is Eternal Delight
Those who restrain Desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained; and the restrainer or Reason Usurps its place & governs the unwilling.
And being restrained, it by degrees becomes passive, till it is only the shadow of Desire.
The history of this is written in Paradise Lost. & the Governor or Reason is call'd Messiah.
And the original Archangel, or possessor of the command of the Heavenly Host, is calld the Devil or Satan, and his children are called Sin & Death.” source
2, Energy is the only life and is from the Body and Reason is the bound or outward circumference of Energy.
3. Energy is Eternal Delight
Those who restrain Desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained; and the restrainer or Reason Usurps its place & governs the unwilling.
And being restrained, it by degrees becomes passive, till it is only the shadow of Desire.
The history of this is written in Paradise Lost. & the Governor or Reason is call'd Messiah.
And the original Archangel, or possessor of the command of the Heavenly Host, is calld the Devil or Satan, and his children are called Sin & Death.” source
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