W B. Yeats gave the full Blakean version of Newton and Locke in … — Understanding Media (1964), MIT/Routledge edition, p 25 | The MMM

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W B. Yeats gave the full Blakean version of Newton and Locke in a famous epigram:
Locke sank into a swoon;
Locke sank into a swoon;
The garden died;
God took the spinning jenny out of his side.

Understanding Media (1964), MIT/Routledge edition, p 25

Quote #7496

Year: 1964

Chapter: Yeats, W.B.

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