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Query: VN, Angels, Fechner, William James (fwd)
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EDITOR'S NOTE. What catches my eye here in particular is the reference to
the William James essay on Fechner in a volume called _A Pluralistic
Universe_.
A report on this would be appreciated.
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Query: Has anyone studied Nabokov´s metaphors about the "Eye" in
comparison with Gustav Fechne´s theories about Angels which, for him, as "Superior
Beings" should be spherical and similar to eyes? Having lived in
Germany it is possible that VN had been acquainted with this
psychophysicist who, when working as a scientist, studied sense-organs and the measurement about
the fringes of our sensorial responses to the world. From Fechner, Sigmund
Freud borrowed his model for the dream as taking place in a particular
kind of reality comprising " another scene".
There is an interesting article about G.Fechner written by William James
"Concerning Fechner", in A Pluralistic Universe, 1909). I don´t know if
Fechner´s book has been published in English and its title should read
something like
" About the Comparative Anatomy of the Angels" ( !!)
Thank you, Jansy.
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the William James essay on Fechner in a volume called _A Pluralistic
Universe_.
A report on this would be appreciated.
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Query: Has anyone studied Nabokov´s metaphors about the "Eye" in
comparison with Gustav Fechne´s theories about Angels which, for him, as "Superior
Beings" should be spherical and similar to eyes? Having lived in
Germany it is possible that VN had been acquainted with this
psychophysicist who, when working as a scientist, studied sense-organs and the measurement about
the fringes of our sensorial responses to the world. From Fechner, Sigmund
Freud borrowed his model for the dream as taking place in a particular
kind of reality comprising " another scene".
There is an interesting article about G.Fechner written by William James
"Concerning Fechner", in A Pluralistic Universe, 1909). I don´t know if
Fechner´s book has been published in English and its title should read
something like
" About the Comparative Anatomy of the Angels" ( !!)
Thank you, Jansy.
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