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Solitude and Meditation
How Suspiria de Profundis develops Solitude and Meditation.
Solitude is presented as essential for intellectual and spiritual growth, allowing for deep reflection and a connection to both nature and the sublime, countering the dissipating effects of modern life.
Where it surfaces
- Dreaming
De Quincey argues that solitude is essential for developing the power of dreaming, and that modern social life dissipates this faculty.
- The Solitude of Childhood
Explores how solitude can elevate a child's passion for the grave into a frenzy, and the meditative stillness of nature that evokes a yearning for the impossible.