"And yet the Percipient cannot restrain the whole Interiour Correspondent System from striking at all; so as to cause Universal Stillness in the Cranium, (unless perhaps for a mere Moment;) because it must intend it at least; and Intending implies Thinking; and Thinking, Pulsation:--So that to talk of Silence in the Mind, it may be for an Hour or two together, after the Manner of Quietists; is Folly to Excess."
— Applegarth, Robert (fl. 1776)
Place of Publication
Salisbury
Publisher
Printed for the author, by J. Hodson
Date
1776
Metaphor
"And yet the Percipient cannot restrain the whole Interiour Correspondent System from striking at all; so as to cause Universal Stillness in the Cranium, (unless perhaps for a mere Moment;) because it must intend it at least; and Intending implies Thinking; and Thinking, Pulsation:--So that to talk of Silence in the Mind, it may be for an Hour or two together, after the Manner of Quietists; is Folly to Excess."
Metaphor in Context
And yet the Percipient cannot restrain the whole Interiour Correspondent System from striking at all; so as to cause Universal Stillness in the Cranium, (unless perhaps for a mere Moment;) because it must intend it at least; and Intending implies Thinking; and Thinking, Pulsation:--So that to talk of Silence in the Mind, it may be for an Hour or two together, after the Manner of Quietists; is Folly to Excess.
(p. 266)
(p. 266)
Categories
Provenance
Browsing in ECCO
Citation
At least 2 entries in ESTC (1776, 1779).
See A Theological Survey of the Human Understanding. Intended As an Antidote Against Modern Deism. (Salisbury: Printed for the Author, by J. Hodson; and sold by Wallis and Stonehouse, in Ludgate-Street, London, 1776). <Link to ESTC>
See A Theological Survey of the Human Understanding. Intended As an Antidote Against Modern Deism. (Salisbury: Printed for the Author, by J. Hodson; and sold by Wallis and Stonehouse, in Ludgate-Street, London, 1776). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
03/30/2010
