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Without contraries is no progression. Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy, love… — William Blake

Poem · Philosophical literature

Without contraries is no progression. Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy, love and hate, are necessary to human existence.

William Blake
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell · 1793
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Topic
OppositesYin and yang
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Philosophical literature
Medium
Poem
Time
1793
Person
William Blake
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Current citation
Blake, William. "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell." The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake, edited by David V. Erdman. University of California Press, 2008.
Original citation
Blake, William. "The Argument." The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. c. 1790.

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