"As Virtue, says Plato, is the Health of a strong and vigorous Mind, so Vice is the Disease of weak and imperfect one; and 'tis the Habitude which renders either of a Piece with the Soul, and becomes a kind of second Nature."
— Anonymous
Author
Place of Publication
Dublin
Publisher
James Hoey
Date
1765
Metaphor
"As Virtue, says Plato, is the Health of a strong and vigorous Mind, so Vice is the Disease of weak and imperfect one; and 'tis the Habitude which renders either of a Piece with the Soul, and becomes a kind of second Nature."
Metaphor in Context
As Virtue, says Plato, is the Health of a strong and vigorous Mind, so Vice is the Disease of weak and imperfect one; and 'tis the Habitude which renders either of a Piece with the Soul, and becomes a kind of second Nature.
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Citation
An Index to Mankind: or Maxims Selected from the Wits of all Nations (Dublin: James Hoey, 1765). <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
11/23/2011
