Without contraries is no progression. Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy, love and hate, are necessary to human existence.

William Blake

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

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Opposites Yin and yang

Author

William Blake

Source

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

Medium

Poem

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1793 1790s 18th century

Occupation

Artist Poet Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Blake, William. "The Argument." The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. c. 1790.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell." The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake, edited by David V. Erdman. University of California Press, 2008.

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Everything that lives,
Lives not alone, nor for itself.

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Interconnectedness of all things Nature of life Life

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William Blake
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The Book of Thel
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1789 1780s 18th century
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Original Citation

Blake, William. The Book of Thel. London, c. 1789.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "The Book of Thel." Blake: Poems, edited by Peter Washington. Everyman's Library, 1994.

Another quote from the 1790s

The most perfect of all works of art is true political freedom.

Friedrich Schiller

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Freedom Art

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Friedrich Schiller
Medium
Treatise
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1794 1790s 18th century
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Original Citation

Schiller, Friedrich. "Über die ästhetische Erziehung des Menschen in einer Reihe von Briefen [On the Aesthetic Education of Man]." Horen, Jan. 1795, letter 2.

Current Citation

Schiller, Friedrich. On the Aesthetic Education of Man, edited by Alexander Schimidt, translated by Kenneth Tribe. Penguin Classics, 2016, letter 2.

Another quote about Yin and yang

I find that the best goodness I have has some tincture of vice.

Michel de Montaigne

Essays

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Topic
Duality of man Yin and yang

Author

Michel de Montaigne
Source
That We Taste Nothing Pure Essays
Medium
Essay
Language
French
Time
1580 1580s 16th century
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Original Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "Nous ne Goustons Rien de Pur [That We Taste Nothing Pure]." Essais [Essays]. Paris: Simon Millanges and Jean Richer, 1580.

Current Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "We Can Savour Nothing Pure." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.