"Even immediately after profound meditation, the mind being fatigued, indulges itself in roving, although the will oppose; we indeed continue to think, but our thoughts are altogether irregular; we remain awake, but experience the effects of sleep; imagination traces the same airy semblances, the same fugitive shades as during sleep."
— Marat, Jean-Paul (1743-1793)
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Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Ridley; and T. Payne
Date
1773
Metaphor
"Even immediately after profound meditation, the mind being fatigued, indulges itself in roving, although the will oppose; we indeed continue to think, but our thoughts are altogether irregular; we remain awake, but experience the effects of sleep; imagination traces the same airy semblances, the same fugitive shades as during sleep."
Metaphor in Context
The soul, during meditation, not only affects the body with a degree of tension, but without its concurrence cannot operate alone. In chronic diseases, during a state of convalescence, and after a considerable loss of semen, we can neither reflect nor meditate, whatever efforts we make; we think very little, and our ideas are vague and unconnected. Even immediately after profound meditation, the mind being fatigued, indulges itself in roving, although the will oppose; we indeed continue to think, but our thoughts are altogether irregular; we remain awake, but experience the effects of sleep; imagination traces the same airy semblances, the same fugitive shades as during sleep.
(pp. 216-7)
(pp. 216-7)
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Provenance
ECCO-TCP
Citation
3 entries in ESTC (1773, 1775).
A Philosophical Essay on Man: Being an Attempt to Investigate the Principles and Laws of the Reciprocal Influence of the Soul on the Body, 2 vols. (London: Printed for J. Ridley; and T. Payne, 1773) <Link to Vol. II in ECCO_TCP>
A Philosophical Essay on Man: Being an Attempt to Investigate the Principles and Laws of the Reciprocal Influence of the Soul on the Body, 2 vols. (London: Printed for J. Ridley; and T. Payne, 1773) <Link to Vol. II in ECCO_TCP>
Date of Entry
08/18/2013
