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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Topic

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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The cistern contains: the fountain overflows.

William Blake

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

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Abundance

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William Blake
Source
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
Medium
Poem
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
English
Time
1794 1790s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Blake, William. "Proverbs of Hell." 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.

Another quote from the 1790s

We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.

John Adams

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Morality and politics Political theory American experiment

Author

John Adams
Source
Letters of John Adams
Medium
Letter
Language
English
Time
1798 1790s 18th century
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Citation

Adams, John. Letter to the Officers of the First Brigade of the Third Division of the Militia of Massachusetts. 11 Oct. 1798.

Another quote about Yin and yang

Behind every beautiful thing, there's been some kind of pain.

Bob Dylan

Not Dark Yet

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Yin and yang
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Bob Dylan
Source
Not Dark Yet Time Out of Mind
Medium
Song
Language
English
Time
1997 1990s 20th century
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Citation

Dylan, Bob. "Not Dark Yet." Time Out of Mind. Columbia Records, 1997.