work_id,theme,provenance,created_at,text,reviewed_on,id,comments,metaphor,dictionary,updated_at,context
4093,"","Found again reading Maclean's John Locke and English Literature, (1962), p. 33",2005-03-27 00:00:00 UTC,"The mind of man is at first (if you will pardon the expression) like a tabula rasa, or like wax, which, while it is soft, is capable of any impression, till time has hardened it. And at length death, that grim tyrant, stops us in the midst of our career. The greatest conquerors have at last been conquered by death, which spares none, from the sceptre to the spade.",,10542,
•I've included twice: Wax and Tabula Rasa,"""The mind of man is at first (if you will pardon the expression) like a tabula rasa, or like wax, which, while it is soft, is capable of any impression, till time has hardened it.""",Impressions and Writing,2013-11-01 15:33:30 UTC,""
4178,"",Past Masters,2004-02-26 00:00:00 UTC,"HYLAS. Explain to me now, O Philonous! how it is possible there should be room for all those trees and houses to exist in your mind. Can extended things be contained in that which is unextended? Or are we to imagine impressions made on a thing void of all solidity? You cannot say objects are in your mind, as books in your study: or that things are imprinted on it, as the figure of a seal upon wax. In what sense therefore are we to understand those expressions? Explain me this if you can: and I shall then be able to answer all those queries you formerly put to me about my substratum.
PHILONOUS. Look you, Hylas, when I speak of objects as existing in the mind or imprinted on the senses; I would not be understood in the gross literal sense, as when bodies are said to exist in a place, or a seal to make an impression upon wax. My meaning is only that the mind comprehends or perceives them; and that it is affected from without, or by some being distinct from itself. This is my explication of your difficulty; and how it can serve to make your tenet of an unperceiving material substratum intelligible, I would fain know.
HYLAS. Nay, if that be all, I confess I do not see what use can be made of it. But are you not guilty of some abuse of language in this?
PHILONOUS. None at all: it is no more than common custom, which you know is the rule of language, hath authorized: nothing being more usual, than for philosophers to speak of the immediate objects of the understanding as things existing in the mind. Nor is there any thing in this, but what is conformable to the general analogy of language; most part of the mental operations being signified by words borrowed from sensible things; as is plain in the terms comprehend, reflect, discourse, &c. which being applied to the mind, must not be taken in their gross original sense.
(Vol ii, p. 241)
",,10848,"•INTEREST. Metaphors and anti-metaphors, figurative language and ordinary language.
•Both of the metaphors most readily associated with Locke (inscribed surface/container) are here denied.
•I had two entries: they were split into two metaphors room/wax. I deleted the second.
","""You cannot say objects are in your mind, as books in your study: or that things are imprinted on it, as the figure of a seal upon wax.""",Impressions and Rooms,2013-09-12 04:08:26 UTC,Third Dialogue
4195,Blank Slate,"Searching ""tabula rasa"" in ECCO",2006-10-09 00:00:00 UTC,"Thus we should address our selves to the Work of Lord, with an intire Resignation of our selves to his Wisdom and Soveraignty. The Heart must be Tabula Rasa, white Paper to his Pen, soft Wax to his Seal: Let him write upon me what he pleaseth, and make what Impressions he pleaseth upon me. We must enter upon the Service fo God, with Joshua's Question, What saith my Lord unto his Servant? And with St. Paul's, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And with the implicite Faith and Obedience of the Child Samuel, Speak Lord, for thy Servant hears. I desire nothing more, but the Honour of receiving they Commands, and a Heart to comply with them.
(p. 20)",2012-01-20,10875,"•I've included three times: Tabula Rasa, Paper, Wax","""The Heart must be Tabula Rasa, white Paper to his Pen, soft Wax to his Seal: Let him write upon me what he pleaseth, and make what Impressions he pleaseth upon me.""",Writing,2012-01-20 22:36:34 UTC,""
4253,"",HDIS,2004-02-27 00:00:00 UTC,"Last, to enjoy her Sense of Feeling
(A thing She much delights to deal in)
A thousand little Nerves She sends
Quite to our Toes, and Fingers Ends;
And These in Gratitude again
Return their Spirits to the Brain;
In which their Figure being printed
(As just before, I think, I hinted)
Alma inform'd can try the Case,
As She had been upon the Place.
Thus, while the Judge gives diff'rent Journeys
To Country Counsel, and Attornies;
He on the Bench in quiet sits,
Deciding, as They bring the Writs.
The Pope thus prays and sleeps at Rome,
And very seldom stirs from Home:
Yet sending forth his Holy Spies,
And having heard what They advise,
He rules the Church's blest Dominions;
And sets Men's Faith by His Opinions.
(p. 472-3, ll. 70-89)",2009-01-23,11069,"•Matthew sets up the Cantabrigian position with which his own ""system"" and the Aristotelian position contrast.
•The stanzas that follow continue to elaborate the personification: nerves and taste, drums in the ear, nerves and touch. Only this second and third figures have I included in the database. See the next entries.
•I've included twice: Printing and Judge
•INTEREST. USE IN ENTRY.","""A thousand little Nerves She sends / Quite to our Toes, and Fingers Ends; / And These in Gratitude again / Return their Spirits to the Brain; / In which their Figure being printed / (As just before, I think, I hinted) / Alma inform'd can try the Case, / As She had seen upon the Place. // Thus, while the Judge gives diff'rent Journeys / To Country Counsel, and Attornies; / He on the Bench in quiet sits, / Deciding, as They bring the Writs."" ",Court and Inhabitants and Writing,2013-07-22 14:25:14 UTC,""
4278,"","Searching ""mind"" and ""impression"" in HDIS (Poetry)",2005-05-15 00:00:00 UTC,"And art thou gone? at last Mac-Dermot cry'd,
And to thy Grandson is one Hug deny'd?
The Boyne shall sooner mingle with the Tweed,
And Toads and Snakes in Irish Fens shall breed;
Sooner shall Teagues o'er Bogs forget their Way,
And cease to Honour good St. Patrick's Day,
Than from this Mind, O! venerable Shade,
Th'Impression be eras'd thy Words have made.",,11193,•I've included twice: Impression and Erasing,"""Than from this Mind, O! venerable Shade, / Th'Impression be eras'd thy Words have made.""",Impression,2009-09-14 19:35:39 UTC,""
4370,"","Searching in HDIS (Prose); found again searching ""blot"" and ""mind;"" found again reading.",2005-03-10 00:00:00 UTC,"If I have here touch'd a young Lady's Vanity and Levity, it was to show her how beautiful she is without those Blots, which certainly stain the Mind, and stamp Deformity where the greatest Beauties would shine, were they banish'd. I believe every body will join with my Opinion, that the English Ladies are the most accomplish'd Women in the World; that, generally speaking, their Behaviour is so exact, that even Envy itself cannot strike at their Conduct: but even you yourselves must own, that there are some few among you of a different stamp, who change their Gold for Dross, and barter the highest Perfections for the lowest Weaknesses. Would but this latter sort endeavour as much to act like Angels, as they do to look like them, the Men instead of Reproaches, would heap them with Praises, and their cold Indifference would be turn'd to Idolatry. But who can forsake a Fault, till they are convinc'd they are guilty? Vanity is a lurking subtile Thief, that works itself insensibly into our Bosoms, and while we declare our dislike to it, know not 'tis so near us; every body being (as a witty Gentleman has somewhere said) provided with a Racket to strike it from themselves.",2011-07-27,11482,"•I've included four times: Blot, Stain, Stamp, and Banish","""If I have here touch'd a young Lady's Vanity and Levity, it was to show her how beautiful she is without those Blots, which certainly stain the Mind, and stamp Deformity where the greatest Beauties would shine, were they banish'd.""",Impression and Writing,2013-05-31 16:16:53 UTC,Dedication
6808,"",Searching at OLL,2013-08-09 16:08:27 UTC,"It is not, Roxana, that I suspect they carry their incroachments upon virtue to such a length as their conduct might lead one to believe; or that they carry their defection to such a horrid excess, that makes one tremble, as really to violate the conjugal vow. There are few women abandoned enough to go this length; they all bear in their hearts a certain impression of virtue, naturally engraved on them, which though their education may weaken, it cannot destroy. Though they may decline the external duties which modesty exacts; yet when about to take the last step, nature returns to their help. Thus when we shut you up closely, when we make you be guarded by so many slaves, when we so strongly restrain your desires when they would range too far; it is not that we fear the least infidelity; but because we know that purity cannot be too great, and that by the least stain it may be polluted.
[Ce n'est pas, Roxane, que je pense qu'elles poussent l'attentat aussi loin qu'une pareille conduite devroit le faire croire, et qu'elles portent la débauche à cet excès horrible, qui fait frémir, de violer absolument la foi conjugale. Il y a bien peu de femmes assez abandonnées pour porter le crime si loin: elles portent toutes dans leur cœur un certain caractère de vertu qui y est gravé, que la naissance donne et que l'éducation affoiblit, mais ne détruit pas. Elles peuvent bien se relâcher des devoirs extérieurs que la pudeur exige; mais, quand il s'agit de faire les derniers pas, la nature se révolte. Aussi, quand nous vous enfermons si étroitement, que nous vous faisons garder par tant d'esclaves, que nous gênons si fort vos désirs lorsqu'ils volent trop loin, ce n'est pas que nous craignions la dernière infidélité, mais c'est que nous savons que la pureté ne sauroit être trop grande, et que la moindre tache peut la corrompre.]
(Letter XXVI, Usbek to Roxana, At the Seraglio At Ispahan.)",,22118,"","""There are few women abandoned enough to go this length; they all bear in their hearts a certain impression of virtue, naturally engraved on them, which though their education may weaken, it cannot destroy.""",Impressions and Writing,2013-08-09 16:08:27 UTC,"Letter XXVI, Usbek to Roxana, At the Seraglio At Ispahan."
6808,"",Searching at OLL,2013-08-09 16:17:09 UTC,"A Thirst after glory is not different from instinct, which every creature hath for its own preservation. We seem to extend our existence, when we can make it to be remembered by others; this is a new life which we acquire, and which becomes as precious to us as that which we received from heaven.
But as all men are not equally fond of life, neither are they equally sensible to glory. This noble passion is indeed always engraved upon their hearts; but imagination and education mould it a thousand ways.
This difference, which is founded between man and man, is more perceivable between nation and nation.
[Le désir de la gloire n'est point différent de cet instinct que toutes les créatures ont pour leur conservation. Il semble que nous augmentons notre être, lorsque nous pouvons le porter dans la mémoire des autres: c'est une nouvelle vie que nous acquérons, et qui nous devient aussi précieuse que celle que nous avons reçue du ciel.
Mais comme tous les hommes ne sont pas également attachés à la vie, ils ne sont pas aussi également sensibles à la gloire. Cette noble passion est bien toujours gravée dans leur cœur; mais l'imagination et l'éducation la modifient de mille manières.
Cette différence, qui se trouve d'homme à homme, se fait encore plus sentir de peuple à peuple.]
(Letter LXXXIX, Usbek to Ibben, at Smyrna.)",,22125,"","""This noble passion is indeed always engraved upon their hearts; but imagination and education mould it a thousand ways.""",Impressions and Writing,2013-08-09 16:17:09 UTC,"Letter LXXXIX, Usbek to Ibben, at Smyrna."
7636,"",LION,2013-08-20 03:31:42 UTC,"PHERORAS
Sir, let her crime
Erase the faithful characters, which love
Imprinted on your heart.
HEROD
Alas! the pain
We feel, whene'er we dispossess the soul
Of that tormenting tyrant, far exceeds
The rigor of his rule.
PHERORAS
With reason quell
That haughty passion; treat it as your slave:
Resume the monarch!
(p. 56)",,22488,"","""Sir, let her crime / Erase the faithful characters, which love / Imprinted on your heart.""",Impressions and Writing,2013-08-20 03:31:42 UTC,""
7846,"",ECCO-TCP,2014-03-12 21:00:06 UTC,"Child.
May I Father! Then I'll get it all without Book.
Fath.
It is not so much the getting the Words by Heart, Child, as getting the Word of Life wrought in your Heart.
Child.
How is that Father?
Fath.
Why, Child, to have the Spirit of God which wrote that Word, print it in your Mind, and give you Understanding both to read and obey it.
(p. 29)",,23678,"","""Why, Child, to have the Spirit of God which wrote that Word, print it in your Mind, and give you Understanding both to read and obey it.""",Impressions and Writing,2014-03-12 21:00:22 UTC,""