"There is a real knowledge of material things, when the thing itself, and the real action and impression thereof on our senses, is perceived"
— Cheyne [from Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language]
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by W. Strahan [etc.]
Date
1755
Metaphor
"There is a real knowledge of material things, when the thing itself, and the real action and impression thereof on our senses, is perceived"
Metaphor in Context
There is a real knowledge of material things, when the thing itself, and the real action and impression thereof on our senses, is perceived.
Categories
Provenance
Looking up "impression" in Johnson's and Bailey's dictionaries
Citation
Johnson, Samuel. A Dictionary of the English Language: In Which the Words Are Deduced from Their Originals, and Illustrated in Their Different Significations by Examples from the Best Writers. To Which Are Prefixed, a History of the Language, and an English Grammar. New York,: AMS Press, 1967.
Date of Entry
05/18/2005
