"The heart is, as it were, the hearthstone and source of the innate heat by which the animal is governed."

— Galen (129-200)


Date
170
Metaphor
"The heart is, as it were, the hearthstone and source of the innate heat by which the animal is governed."
Metaphor in Context
"The heart is, as it were, the hearthstone and source of the innate heat by which the animal is governed."
Categories
Provenance
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Date of Entry
01/28/2004
Date of Review
10/16/2006

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.