"When fibrous contractions succeed other fibrous contractions, the connection is termed 'association'; when fibrous contractions succeed sensorial motions, the connection is termed 'cassation'; when fibrous and sensorial motions reciprocally introduce each other in progressive trains or tribes, it is termed 'catenation' of animal motions."
— Darwin, Erasmus (1731-1802)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Johnson
Date
1794
Metaphor
"When fibrous contractions succeed other fibrous contractions, the connection is termed 'association'; when fibrous contractions succeed sensorial motions, the connection is termed 'cassation'; when fibrous and sensorial motions reciprocally introduce each other in progressive trains or tribes, it is termed 'catenation' of animal motions."
Metaphor in Context
11. The word association properly signifies a society or convention of things in some respects similar to each other. We never say in common language, that the effect is associated with the cause, though they necessarily accompany or succeed each other. Thus the contractions of our muscles and organs of sense may be said to be associated together, but cannot with propriety be said to be associated with irritations, or with volition, or with sensation; because they are caused by them, as mentioned in Sect. IV. When fibrous contractions succeed other fibrous contractions, the connection is termed association; when fibrous contractions succeed sensorial motions, the connection is termed cassation; when fibrous and sensorial motions reciprocally introduce each other in progressive trains or tribes, it is termed catenation of animal motions. All these connections are said to be produced by habit; that is, by frequent repetition.
(pp. 12-13)
(pp. 12-13)
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Citation
Zoonomia: or, The Laws of Organic Life, vol. 1 (London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1794). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
09/28/2013
