"The brain secretes thought like the liver secretes bile."

— Cabanis, Pierre Jean Georges (1757-1808)


Date
1802
Metaphor
"The brain secretes thought like the liver secretes bile."
Metaphor in Context
The brain secretes thought like the liver secretes bile.

Le cerveau sécrète la pensée comme le foie sécrète la bile.
Categories
Provenance
Reading William James
Citation
Cabanis P Rapports du physique et du moral de l'homme reprinted in Oeuvres complètes. Paris: Bossange Frères, 1823-5.
Date of Entry
07/02/2010

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