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'Humano capiti cervicem pictor equinam Jungere si velit et varias inducere plumas Undique collatis membris, ut turpiter atrum Desinat in piscem mulier formosa superne; Spectatum admissi risum teneatis amici? Credite, Pisones, isti tabulae fore librum Persimilem, cujus, velut aegri somnia, vanae Finguntur species ... Hor.
Kant pined to see Swedenborg himself, and waited eagerly for his book, 'Arcana Coelestia. At last he obtained this work, at the ransom, ruinous to Kant at that time, of 7£. But he was disappointed with what he read, and in 'Träume eines Geistersehers, made a somewhat sarcastic attempt at a metaphysical theory of apparitions. 'Velut aegri somnia vanae Finguntur species' is his motto.
"Sicut aqua tremulum labris ubi lumen ahenis, Sole repercussum, aut radiantis imagine lunae, Omnia pervolitat late loca; jamque sub auras Erigitur, summique ferit laquearia tecti." in which wild agitation there is no folly, nor idle fancy they do not light upon: "Velut aegri somnia, vanae Finguntur species." The soul that has no established aim loses itself, for, as it is said
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