Quotation by

William Blake

Man has no Body distinct from his Soul for that called Body is a portion of Soul discerned by the five Senses, the chief inlets of Soul in this age.

William Blake

Age

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William Blake is saying that the body and soul are not separate things; instead, the body is just the part of the soul that we experience through our five senses. He suggests that in the current time period, our senses are the main way the soul interacts with the world.

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