"Whereas a due exercise of the faculties of the mind strengthens and improves those faculties, whether of imagination or recollection; as the exercise of our limbs in dancing or fencing increases the strength and agility of the muscles thus employed."
— Darwin, Erasmus (1731-1802)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Johnson
Date
1794
Metaphor
"Whereas a due exercise of the faculties of the mind strengthens and improves those faculties, whether of imagination or recollection; as the exercise of our limbs in dancing or fencing increases the strength and agility of the muscles thus employed."
Metaphor in Context
4. The fatigue that follows a continued attention of the mind to one object is relieved by changing the subject of our thoughts; as the continued movement of one limb is relieved by moving another in its stead. Whereas a due exercise of the faculties of the mind strengthens and improves those faculties, whether of imagination or recollection; as the exercise of our limbs in dancing or fencing increases the strength and agility of the muscles thus employed.
(pp. 24-5)
(pp. 24-5)
Categories
Provenance
ECCO-TCP
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
