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THERE IS NO NATURAL RELIGION (A) by WILLIAM BLAKE

Poet Analysis

First Line: MAN HAS NO NOTION OF MORAL FITNESS BUT FROM EDUCATION
Last Line: ORGANS OF SENSE, MUST BE LIMITED TO OBJECTS OF SENSE.
Subject(s): BIBLE; MYTHOLOGY;

The Argument Man has no notion of moral fitness but from
Education. Naturally he is only a natural organ subject to
Sense.
I Man cannot naturally Percieve, but through his natural or
bodily organs
II Man by his reasoning power. can only compare & judge of
what he has already perciev'd.
III From a perception of only 3 senses or 3 elements none
could deduce a fourth or fifth
IV None could have other than natural or organic thoughts if
he had none but organic perceptions
V Mans desires are limited by his perceptions. none can desire
what he has not perciev'd
VI The desires & perceptions of man untaught by any thing but
organs of sense, must be limited to objects of sense.





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