"We may imprint in our Minds, and fix things in Memory, by thinking upon their Contraries or Opposites; and we may by the same means better remember things that are almost blotted out of our Imagination."
— D'Assigny, Marius (1643-1717)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
J. Darby
Date
1697
Metaphor
"We may imprint in our Minds, and fix things in Memory, by thinking upon their Contraries or Opposites; and we may by the same means better remember things that are almost blotted out of our Imagination."
Metaphor in Context
3. We may imprint in our Minds, and fix things in Memory, by thinking upon their Contraries or Opposites; and we may by the same means better remember things that are almost blotted out of our Imagination. For example; he that remembers an Hector, cannot forget Achilles; he than thinks upon a Goliah, will also mind a David: when we represent to our selves Sobriety or Temperance, we cannot but have a Notion of Debauchery and Intemperance. Now if that which is contrary is better known to us, it will quickly refresh the Remembrance of that which we had forgotten.
(p. 69)
(p. 69)
Categories
Provenance
Google Books
Citation
Four entries in ESTC: 1697, 1699, 1699?, and 1706.
Text from The Art of Memory. A Treatise useful for all, especially such as are to speak in Publick., 3rd edition, corrected (London: Printed by J. Darby, 1706). <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
07/13/2013
