concept

disease of the mind

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Properties

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cause
borne down by custom
description
The narrator's diagnosis of the internal conflict of the will, characterized by a lack of wholeness and being influenced more by habit than by truth.
symptoms
partly to will, partly to nill, not wholly rising

Relationships

  • is caused byCustom
    description
    The narrator attributes the mind's disease, characterized by a divided will, to being 'borne down by custom' rather than rising by truth.
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    borne down by custom.
  • is opposed byTruth
    description
    The mind's disease prevents it from wholly rising, despite being 'truth upborne,' suggesting truth is the potential remedy.
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    source_text
    not wholly rise, by truth upborne, borne down by custom.
  • extracted_fromSource
    extracted_at
    2026-03-02T21:55:25.553Z
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