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Subreption (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a moral optical illusion: we take what we do for something we merely feel, and mistake reason's direct determination of the will for a sensible impulse — an illusion even the most tested person cannot avoid, and itself something sublime.