"Whether it be a divine revelation or no, reason must judge, which can never permit the mind to reject a greater evidence to embrace what is less evident."

— Locke [from Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language]

Author

Locke [from Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language]

Work Title

Judge [from A Dictionary of the English Language in Which Words are Deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the best Writers.]

Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by W. Strahan [etc.]
Date
1755
Metaphor
"Whether it be a divine revelation or no, reason must judge, which can never permit the mind to reject a greater evidence to embrace what is less evident."
Metaphor in Context
Whether it be a divine revelation or no, reason must judge, which can never permit the mind to reject a greater evidence to embrace what is less evident.
Categories
Government::Judge
Provenance
Johnson's Dictionary
Date of Entry
12/02/2004
Date of Review
06/09/2009

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