The Hashish Eater · Character

John Locke

Philosopher whose ideas on perception and identity are debated in the visions.

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Also known as Locke

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Mentioned as a philosopher whose views on the senses the narrator contrasts with his own transcendentalist perspective.

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psychological · ambivalent
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