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To: IronJack

That’s a bit of a revisionist take. Blake was a Romantic, and their view of the industrialization that was going on was in direct opposition to their interest in/love of/preference for the power of nature to bring about a transcendent experience (with Nature’s God).


48 posted on 07/24/2019 11:02:36 AM PDT by MarDav
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To: MarDav

The idea that untamed Nature was edenic is a childish dream. Nature, while not inherently cruel, is supremely indifferent. Only civilization protects us from its vicissitudes.

Rejecting industrialization in favor of Roussean “savage” purity would result in an earthly hell, not paradise.


54 posted on 07/24/2019 11:16:44 AM PDT by IronJack
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