Urizen
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Urizen
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In the mythology of William Blake, Urizen is the embodiment of conventional reason and law. He is usually depicted as a bearded old man; he sometimes bears architect's tools, to create and constrain the universe; or nets, with which he ensnares people in webs of law and conventional society. Originally, Urizen represented one half of a two-part system, with him representing reason and Los, his opposition, representing imagination. In Blake's reworking of his mythic system, Urizen is one of the f
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Embodiment of reason and law in the mythology of William Blake
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urizen
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2023-12-17T23:33:40Z
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