"'Tis pleasant to trace the Mind bundling up its Ideas, and giving Names to the several Parcels; to observe, for instance, how it proceeds from the simple Idea, Thinking, to the more complex one, Knowledge, thence to the more complex, a Science, thence farther to Scientifical, &c."
— Chambers, Ephraim (1680-1740)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
James & John Knapton
Date
1728
Metaphor
"'Tis pleasant to trace the Mind bundling up its Ideas, and giving Names to the several Parcels; to observe, for instance, how it proceeds from the simple Idea, Thinking, to the more complex one, Knowledge, thence to the more complex, a Science, thence farther to Scientifical, &c."
Metaphor in Context
'Tis pleasant to trace the Mind bundling up its Ideas, and giving Names to the several Parcels; to observe, for instance, how it proceeds from the simple Idea, Thinking, to the more complex one, Knowledge, thence to the more complex, a Science, thence farther to Scientifical, &c.
(I, xviii)
(I, xviii)
Categories
Provenance
Reading (at the British Library)
Citation
At least 9 entries in ESTC (1728, 1738, 1741, 1752, 1788, 1784, 1786, 1787, 1795).
Ephraim Chambers, Cyclopædia; or, an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences; Containing the Definitions of the Terms, and Accounts of the Thing Signify'd Thereby 2 vols. (London: James & John Knapton, 1728). <Link to ESTC><Link to UWDC edition: vol. I, vol. II>
Ephraim Chambers, Cyclopædia; or, an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences; Containing the Definitions of the Terms, and Accounts of the Thing Signify'd Thereby 2 vols. (London: James & John Knapton, 1728). <Link to ESTC><Link to UWDC edition: vol. I, vol. II>
Date of Entry
02/02/2012
