"Energy is the only life and is from the Body and Reason is the bound or outward circumference of Energy."

— Blake, William (1757-1827)


Publisher
William Blake
Date
1790, 1794, 1795, 1818, 1827
Metaphor
"Energy is the only life and is from the Body and Reason is the bound or outward circumference of Energy."
Metaphor in Context
But the following Contraries to these are True

1 Man has no Body distinct from his Soul for that calld 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
(Plate 4)
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Reading William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (New York: Dover, 1994).

Link to the William Blake Archive <Marriage of Heaven and Hell>
Date of Entry
04/25/2013

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.