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Full Idea
In the formation of thoughts all parts of the body seem to me to be working together.
Gist of Idea
The whole body is involved in the formation of thoughts
Source
Novalis (Last Fragments [1800], 20)
Book Ref
Novalis: 'Philosophical Writings', ed/tr. Stoljar,M.M. [SUNY 1997], p.157
A Reaction
I can only think that Spinoza must be behind this thought, or La Mettrie. It seems a strikingly unusual intuition for its time, when almost everyone takes a spiritual sort of dualism for granted.
| 19592 | The basic relations of nature are musical [Novalis] |
| 19593 | Persons are shaped by a life history; splendid persons are shaped by world history [Novalis] |
| 19594 | General statements about nature are not valid [Novalis] |
| 19595 | Nature is a whole, and its individual parts cannot be wholly understood [Novalis] |
| 19596 | The whole body is involved in the formation of thoughts [Novalis] |