If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.

William Blake

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

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Topic

The infinite Appearance vs. reality Perception

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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Love seeketh not itself to please,
Nor for itself hath any care,
But for another gives its ease,
And builds a Heaven in Hell's despair.

William Blake

Songs of Experience

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Generous love Nature of love Love

Author

William Blake
Source
Songs of Experience
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1794 1790s 18th century
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Original Citation

Blake, William. "The Clod and the Pebble." Songs of Innocence and of Experience Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul. London, 1794.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "The Clod & the Pebble." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.

Another quote from the 1790s

Old religious factions are volcanoes burnt out.

Edmund Burke

Speech on the Petition of the Unitarians, May 11, 1792

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Sectarianism Religion
Speaker
Edmund Burke
Source
Speech on the Petition of the Unitarians, May 11, 1792
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1792 1790s 18th century
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Original Citation

Burke, Edmund. Address on Petition of the Unitarians. House of Commons. 11 May 1792, Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK.

Current Citation

Burke, Edmund. "Speech on the Petition of the Unitarian Society." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin Classics, 1999.

Another quote about Appearance vs. reality

I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright,
Who art as black as hell, as dark as night.

William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's Sonnets

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Wolf in sheep's clothing Looks are deceiving Appearance vs. reality

Author

William Shakespeare
Source
Sonnet 147 Shakespeare's Sonnets
Medium
Sonnet Poem
Language
English
Time
1609 1600s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Shake-speares Sonnets. London: Thomas Thorpe, 1609, sonnet 147, I. 13.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "The Sonnets." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, sonnet 147.