Not P but Moby-Dick (78)

[Michael Bailey]

What it sounds like is that as he stares, he becomes more convinced of the
coin’s veracity -
He’s worried if he doesn’t quit looking at it, he will be “shaken falsely”
by known truths -

Honest perceptions will affect (shake) him in such a way as to seem wrong -

ie the truth will seem false (because he’s deluded)

At least he sort of knows he’s deluded - but wow!

Haven’t encountered quite such a raving loon since reading about Weissmann
in GR



On Sat, Mar 2, 2024 at 2:30 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> From Chapter 99:
>
> Yet, oh, the great sun is no fixture; and if, at midnight, we would fain
> snatch some sweet solace from him, we gaze for him in vain! This coin
> speaks wisely, mildly, truly, but still sadly to me. I will quit it, lest
> Truth shake me falsely.
>
> What does "shake me falsely" mean here?
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