[If I cannot bend the heavens above, I will move Hell.] Freud took this declaration from a character in Virgil's Aeneid and used it as the epigraph to his unprecedented study, The Interpretation of Dreams. The line appeared in the original Latin as a sort of motto, on the title page of Freud's text.
- Who said if I Cannot move heaven I will raise Hell?
- What does if I Cannot move heaven then I will raise Hell mean?
- What Latin quote says raise Hell?
- What does Flectere Si Nequeo Superos mean?
Who said if I Cannot move heaven I will raise Hell?
Quote by Virgil: “If I cannot move heaven, I will raise hell.”
What does if I Cannot move heaven then I will raise Hell mean?
It does indeed roughly mean “If I cannot move heaven, I will raise hell.” More literally: If I cannot bend heaven to my will, make heaven do my bidding, etc., I will move, set into motion, rouse hell.
What Latin quote says raise Hell?
“Fléctere si néqueo súperos Acheronta movebo - If I cannot move heaven, I will raise hell.”
What does Flectere Si Nequeo Superos mean?
if I can not reach Heaven I will raise Hell.