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WhiteTara

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3. Recently, I have been wondering who opposed Descartes and Newton
Sat Aug 10, 2024, 09:07 PM
Aug 2024

who promoted rational thought as the truth and the way that life should be.

William Blake certainly is an anti-dote to rational mechanical thought that led to the industrial era and the deadening of the human spirit. It's interesting that he created his own cosmology.

Thank you for turning me on to this.

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