"Human Reason is a Tincture, infus'd, in a Proportion almost equal, into all our Opinions and Customs of what Form soever they be."

— Anonymous


Author
Place of Publication
Dublin
Publisher
James Hoey
Date
1765
Metaphor
"Human Reason is a Tincture, infus'd, in a Proportion almost equal, into all our Opinions and Customs of what Form soever they be."
Metaphor in Context
The Wit of Man is not capable of any Fancy so wild and extravagant, which does not meet with some Example of publick Practice, and consequently is, in some measure, justified and supported by our Reason. Human Reason is a Tincture, infus'd, in a Proportion almost equal, into all our Opinions and Customs of what Form soever they be.
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Provenance
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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

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