old adam phantom limb sensation
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- Ahab's lost leg
- description
- A metaphorical term used by Ahab to describe the persistent, phantom sensation of his original flesh-and-blood leg, even after its amputation.
- nature
- phantom limb sensation
- source_of_pain
- pricking, smart
Relationships
- contrasts_withAhab's Ivory Leg
- description
- Ahab explains that even with his new ivory leg, he still feels the 'Old Adam' of his lost flesh-and-blood leg in the same place, creating a dual sensation.
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- Well, then, will it speak thoroughly well for thy work, if, when I come to mount this leg thou makest, I shall nevertheless feel another leg in the same identical place with it; that is, carpenter, my old lost leg; the flesh and blood one, I mean.
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- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:08:11.382Z
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