Not P but Moby-Dick (55)

[Mark Kohut]

Yes.

On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 2:42 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The last sentence:
>
> not the smallest atom stirs or lives in matter, but has its cunning
> duplicate in mind.
>
> means "even the smallest atom that stirs or lives in matter has its cunning
> duplicate in mind", is that correct?
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 9:09 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > From Chapter 70:
> >
> > “Sail ho!” cried a triumphant voice from the main-mast-head.
> >
> > “Aye? Well, now, that’s cheering,” cried Ahab, suddenly erecting himself,
> > while whole thunder-clouds swept aside from his brow. “That lively cry
> upon
> > this deadly calm might almost convert a better man.—Where away?”
> >
> > “Three points on the starboard bow, sir, and bringing down her breeze to
> > us!”
> >
> > “Better and better, man. Would now St. Paul would come along that way,
> and
> > to my breezelessness bring his breeze! O Nature, and O soul of man! how
> far
> > beyond all utterance are your linked analogies! not the smallest atom
> stirs
> > or lives in matter, but has its cunning duplicate in mind.”
> >
> > First, does "convert" here refer to converting to Christianity?
> >
> > Second, is "bringing down her breeze to us" literal, or is there any
> other
> > nautical meaning?
> >
> > Third, what does "not the smallest atom stirs or lives in matter" mean
> > here?
> >
> >
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