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acrasia [ə′krā·zē·ə] (psychology) Lack of self-control. Acrasia self-indulgent in the pleasures of the senses. [Br. Lit.: Faerie Queene] See : Drunkenness How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Patricia Parker has pointed out, furthermore, that the Israelites'
harps (sometimes translated as "instruments") hanging on
Babylonian trees also lie behind the suspended, and impotent, weapons of
the knight Verdant -- "His warlike armes, the idle instruments/ Of
sleeping praise, were hong upon a tree" -- the victim of the
Enchantress Acrasia in book 2 of The Faerie Queene. |
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