"But as there is no fix'd Standard for most words, sometimes the Heart, and sometimes the Bowels, is made use of, to signify those Sentiments of Tenderness and Pity, and also the Seat of them; the Head being generally taken for the Seat of the Judgment, as well as for the Judgment it self."
— Forbes of Pitsligo, Alexander Forbes, Lord (1678-1762)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Osborn and T. Longman
Date
1734
Metaphor
"But as there is no fix'd Standard for most words, sometimes the Heart, and sometimes the Bowels, is made use of, to signify those Sentiments of Tenderness and Pity, and also the Seat of them; the Head being generally taken for the Seat of the Judgment, as well as for the Judgment it self."
Metaphor in Context
LUCINUS
Here is my Opinion without ceremony. In the Body itself mention is made of three Regions, the Belly, the Breast, and the Head; which bears some analogy to the Senses, the Affections, and the Understanding. But as there is no fix'd Standard for most words, sometimes the Heart, and sometimes the Bowels, is made use of, to signify those Sentiments of Tenderness and Pity, and also the Seat of them; the Head being generally taken for the Seat of the Judgment, as well as for the Judgment it self.
(pp. 69-70)
Here is my Opinion without ceremony. In the Body itself mention is made of three Regions, the Belly, the Breast, and the Head; which bears some analogy to the Senses, the Affections, and the Understanding. But as there is no fix'd Standard for most words, sometimes the Heart, and sometimes the Bowels, is made use of, to signify those Sentiments of Tenderness and Pity, and also the Seat of them; the Head being generally taken for the Seat of the Judgment, as well as for the Judgment it self.
(pp. 69-70)
Categories
Provenance
ECCO-TCP
Citation
Three entries in ESTC (1734, 1762, 1763).
See Essays Moral and Philosophical, on Several Subjects: Viz. A View of the Human Faculties. (London: Printed for J. Osborn and T. Longman, 1734). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
See Essays Moral and Philosophical, on Several Subjects: Viz. A View of the Human Faculties. (London: Printed for J. Osborn and T. Longman, 1734). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
08/18/2013
