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What does it mean?
Blake claims that true superstition is an honest ignorance that both God and humans cherish.
In plain terms
Superstition is an honest ignorance loved by divine and human.
What can you take from it?
Question the value of blind belief.

Where it applies

  • religious rituals
  • cultural traditions

Putting it to work

  • examine beliefs critically
  • educate on rational thought

Questions to consider

  • Is ignorance ever truly honest?
  • What does it mean for a deity to love superstition?

Another view

The statement conflates honesty with ignorance, which can be contradictory.

More from William Blake

  1. Damn sneerers!

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  2. Forgiveness of enemies can only come upon their repentance.

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  3. How have you left the ancient love That bards of old enjoyed in you! The languid strings do scarcely move! The sound is forced, the notes are few!

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