In my city one wished me death,
\nNevermind,
\nThe stars last more than one night \u2013
\n<\/span>The hid\u00adden so dis\u00adposes imagination,
\n<\/span>And so the body to take on a nature
\n<\/span>Opposed it seems to itself, of which no idea
\n<\/span>Can be given the mind, but that a man
\n<\/span>Out of need of his nature should try not to exist
\n<\/span>Or appear changed
\n<\/span>Is as impossible
\n<\/span>As for any thing to be made out of nothing,
\n<\/span>This eve\u00adryone with a lit\u00adtle reflection
\n<\/span>May see :
\n<\/span>Anyone can kill him\u00adself, com\u00adpel\u00adled by some other
\n<\/span>Who twists his right hand
\n<\/span>Which holds per\u00adhaps a sword
\n<\/span>So it is led against his own heart,
\n<\/span>Or like Seneca by the com\u00admand of a tyrant,
\n<\/span>Be for\u00adced to open his veins,
\n<\/span>To avoid more evil by taking on less \u2013
\n<\/span>Many things sleep\u00adwal\u00adkers do
\n<\/span>They would not dare if awake \u2013
\n<\/span>All of which shows
\n<\/span>That the body can do many things
\n<\/span>By the laws of its nature
\n<\/span>At which the mind is amazed ;
\n<\/span>No one knows how
\n<\/span>The mind moves the body
\n<\/span>(Cerebral charges ? were discovered
\n<\/span>Some time ago thru poetry
\n<\/span>Not sur\u00adpri\u00adsed in the least
\n<\/span>By new science)
\n<\/span>Or by what means,
\n<\/span>Nor how many degrees of motion
\n<\/span>It can give the body,
\n<\/span>Nor with what speed it can move it.
\n<\/span>Whence if men say this or that action
\n<\/span>Arises from the mind
\n<\/span>That has power over the body
\n<\/span>They confess spe\u00adcious words
\n<\/span>That do not regard it with wonder ;
\n<\/span>When the body sleeps
\n<\/span>The mind\u2019s uncons\u00adcious (Spinoza very ear\u00adly on that)
\n<\/span>Has not the power
\n<\/span>It has when awake.
\n<\/span>The mind is not always apt
\n<\/span>For thin\u00adking its subject,
\n<\/span>Only as the body is apt
\n<\/span>For the image of this or that
\n<\/span>To excite it
\n<\/span>Does the mind see the object.<\/p>\n

I loo\u00adked
\nWhen we dream that we speak
\nWe think we speak
\nFrom free deci\u00adsion of the mind ;
\nYet we do not speak, or if we do,
\nThis deci\u00adsion thought to be free
\nIs ima\u00adgi\u00adna\u00adtion \u2013 or memory ;
\nIs nothing but the accord
\nAn idea involves.
\nA sus\u00adpen\u00adsion of judgment
\nApprehends, is not free.
\nIn dreams also we dream that we dream,
\nI grant no one is deceived
\nIn so far as he perceives.
\nThe ima\u00adgi\u00adna\u00adtions of the mind
\nin themselves
\nInvolve no error,
\nBut I deny that a man
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>affirms nothing
\nIn so far as he perceives \u2013<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>SPINOZA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Dans ma ville on sou\u00adhai\u00adtait ma mort,
\nN\u2019y pen\u00adsons plus,
\nLes \u00e9toiles durent plus qu\u2019une nuit \u2013
\n<\/span>Ce qui est cach\u00e9 dis\u00adpose l\u2019imagination,
\n<\/span>Et le corps l\u2019emporte sur une nature
\n<\/span>Qui semble se contra\u00adrier, ce qui passe l\u2019entendement,
\n<\/span>Mais qu\u2019un homme veuille \u00e9chap\u00adper aux besoins de sa nature
\n<\/span>Pour ten\u00adter de ne pas exis\u00adter ou chan\u00adger d\u2019apparence,
\n<\/span>C\u2019est aus\u00adsi impossible
\n<\/span>Que de faire sur\u00adgir quelque chose de rien.
\n<\/span>Avec un peu de r\u00e9flexion, n\u2019im\u00adporte qui
\n<\/span>Peut voir :
\n<\/span>Chacun peut se tuer soi-m\u00eame sous la contrainte d\u2019un autre
\n<\/span>Qui lui tord la main droite
\n<\/span>Munie d\u2019un sabre peut-\u00eatre,
\n<\/span>Il le fera \u00e0 contrec\u0153ur,
\n<\/span>Ou comme S\u00e9n\u00e8que sur l\u2019ordre d\u2019un tyran,
\n<\/span>Forc\u00e9 de s\u2019ou\u00advrir les veines
\n<\/span>Pour parer au mal par un moindre mal \u2013
\n<\/span>Il y a bien des choses que font les somnambules
\n<\/span>Et qu\u2019ils n\u2019o\u00adse\u00adraient faire \u00e9veill\u00e9s.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Tout cela montre
\n<\/span>Que le corps peut faire beau\u00adcoup de choses
\n<\/span>Selon les lois de la nature
\n<\/span>Et l\u2019es\u00adprit en est sid\u00e9r\u00e9 ;
\n<\/span>Nul ne sait comment
\n<\/span>L\u2019esprit fait bou\u00adger le corps
\n<\/span>(\u00c9lectricit\u00e9 c\u00e9r\u00e9\u00adbrale ? On l\u2019a d\u00e9couvert
\n<\/span>Il y a quelque temps par la po\u00e9sie
\n<\/span>Nullement sur\u00adprise par la science nouvelle)
\n<\/span>Ni de quelle mani\u00e8re
\n<\/span>Je peux trans\u00admettre au corps
\n<\/span>Une quan\u00adti\u00adt\u00e9 d\u2019impulsions
\n<\/span>Ni \u00e0 quelle vitesse \u00e7a peut le faire bouger.
\n<\/span>D\u00e8s lors, si les hommes disent que telle ou telle action
\n<\/span>Proc\u00e8de de l\u2019esprit
\n<\/span>Qu\u2019il exerce un pou\u00advoir sur le corps
\n<\/span>Ils admettent des argu\u00adments fallacieux
\n<\/span>\u00c9trangers \u00e0 cette merveille ;
\n<\/span>Quand le corps est endormi
\n<\/span>L\u2019inconscent de l\u2019es\u00adprit (voir Spinoza tr\u00e8s t\u00f4t sur la question)
\n<\/span>N\u2019a pas le pouvoir
\n<\/span>Qui est le sien \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9\u00adtat de veille.
\n<\/span>L\u2019esprit n\u2019est pas tou\u00adjours \u00e0 m\u00eame
\n<\/span>De pen\u00adser un objet,
\n<\/span>D\u00e8s qu\u2019il s\u2019en forme une image
\n<\/span>Ou que l\u2019i\u00admage excite
\n<\/span>L\u2019esprit voit l\u2019objet.<\/p>\n

Voyez
\nQuand nous r\u00eavons que nous parlons
\nNous croyons parler
\nComme si notre esprit d\u00e9ci\u00addait librement ;
\nCependant nous ne par\u00adlons pas, ou si nous le faisons,
\nCette d\u00e9ci\u00adsion qui se croyait libre
\nEst le pro\u00adduit de l\u2019i\u00adma\u00adgi\u00adna\u00adtion \u2013 ou de la m\u00e9moire ;
\nCe n\u2019est rien d\u2019autre qu\u2019une concordance
\nQue toute id\u00e9e implique.
\nLe juge\u00adment suspendu
\nAppr\u00e9hende quelque chose, sans \u00eatre libre.
\nDans les r\u00eaves aus\u00adsi nous r\u00eavons que nous r\u00eavons,
\nJe vous accorde que nul ne se leurre
\nPour autant qu\u2019il per\u00e7oive.
\nL\u2019imagination en elle-m\u00eame
\nN\u2019implique pas l\u2019erreur,
\nMais je nie qu\u2019un homme
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>n\u2019af\u00adfirme rien
\nQuand il per\u00e7oit.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>SPINOZA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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