It Can Only Start from a Situation which is Mirrored but Cannot Be Understood
Tuesday, December 7th 1779
Last night about nine o clock we saw a number of fish. We could not tell what they were; some say they are dolphins some say they are porpoises but it being dark we could not perceive them well only the path they made in the water. If this is so, it is permissible to ask whether the union between the soul and body is, in essence, really different between the soul and other existing things. I have been up the main crosstrees and have seen Land. It appears to be very high and looks as if it was a great ways off. 11 o clock. Very Foggy. We can't see Land now. 4 o clock. It has clear'd up. We can see Land very plain now. In other words, does not a certain experience of the self, as tied up with the universe, underlie all affirmation of existence?
Last night about nine o clock we saw a number of fish. We could not tell what they were; some say they are dolphins some say they are porpoises but it being dark we could not perceive them well only the path they made in the water. If this is so, it is permissible to ask whether the union between the soul and body is, in essence, really different between the soul and other existing things. I have been up the main crosstrees and have seen Land. It appears to be very high and looks as if it was a great ways off. 11 o clock. Very Foggy. We can't see Land now. 4 o clock. It has clear'd up. We can see Land very plain now. In other words, does not a certain experience of the self, as tied up with the universe, underlie all affirmation of existence?
posted by Quincy Adams | 7:04 AM
1 Comments:
Mesmerising, multi-layered, jackboot militarism. Pared down, portentous and barely animal. You seem to suggest that a surreal sound is like a familiar trope of magic mirrors.
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