Wit "has the Power and natural force to produce and bring forth within it self a Son, which the natural Philosophers call NOTION, or Idea, or, as it has been accounted, the word of the spirit."

— Huartes, John

Author

Huartes, John

Work Title

Treatise of the Education and Learning Proper for the Different Capacities of Youth; Founded on the Principles of Natural Philosophy

Place of Publication
London
Publisher
C. Rivington, J. Osborn, and J. Leake
Date
1734
Metaphor
Wit "has the Power and natural force to produce and bring forth within it self a Son, which the natural Philosophers call NOTION, or Idea, or, as it has been accounted, the word of the spirit."
Metaphor in Context
wit has the Power and natural force to produce and bring forth within it self a Son, which the natural Philosophers call NOTION, or Idea, or, as it has been accounted, the word of the spirit.
Categories
Body::Pregnancy and Birth
Provenance
Reading Janet E. Aikins "Pamela's Use of Locke's Words." SECC Vol. 25 (p. 90)
Date of Entry
07/06/2005

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