"IMPRESSION, a Term in Philosophy, apply'd to the Species of Objects, which are supposed to make some Mark or Impression on the Senses, the Mind, and the Memory."
— Chambers, Ephraim (1680-1740)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
James & John Knapton
Date
1728
Metaphor
"IMPRESSION, a Term in Philosophy, apply'd to the Species of Objects, which are supposed to make some Mark or Impression on the Senses, the Mind, and the Memory."
Metaphor in Context
IMPRESSION, a Term in Philosophy, apply'd to the Species of Objects, which are supposed to make some Mark or Impression on the Senses, the Mind, and the Memory. The Peripatetics tell us, that Bodies emit Species resembling them, which Species are convey'd by the exterior Senses to the common Sense. These Impressions, or impress'd Species, being material and sensible, are render'd intelligible by the active Intellect; and when thus spiritualiz'd are called Expressions or express Species, as being express'd from the others.
(II, 378)
(II, 378)
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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
