"The senses are the only inlets of knowledge, and there is an inward sense that had persuaded me of this."
— Shelley, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822)
Work Title
Date
1811
Metaphor
"The senses are the only inlets of knowledge, and there is an inward sense that had persuaded me of this."
Metaphor in Context
I have considered it in every possible light; and reason tells me that death is the boundary of the life of man, yet I feel, I believe in the direct contrary... The senses are the only inlets of knowledge, and there is an inward sense that had persuaded me of this.
Categories
Provenance
Reading Reisner, Thomas A. "Tablua Rasa: Shelley's Metaphor of Mind." Ariel IV.2 (197): 90-102. p. 91.
Citation
R. Ingpen, ed. The Letters of Percy Bysshe Shelley. London: Sir Isaac Pitman, 1909. Letter 82, dated Field Place, October 10, 1811, I, 142.
Date of Entry
10/03/2006
