"So that all material objects, in themselves, and to each other, are dark and naked: to the mind alone are they cloathed in all the pleasing variety of sensible qualities."
— Rotheram, John (1725–1789)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by T. Saint, for J. Robson
Date
1781
Metaphor
"So that all material objects, in themselves, and to each other, are dark and naked: to the mind alone are they cloathed in all the pleasing variety of sensible qualities."
Metaphor in Context
But when it acts upon the mind, a variety of qualities, till then unkown, are first discovered. For to the mind it not only appears solid, figured and moveable, but enriched with beautiful colours; grateful to the taste; perfumed with pleasant odours; and yielding sweet harmonious sounds. So that all material objects, in themselves, and to each other, are dark and naked: to the mind alone are they cloathed in all the pleasing variety of sensible qualities
(p. 50)
(p. 50)
Categories
Provenance
Reading (in the British Library)
Citation
An Essay on the Distinction Between the Soul and Body of Man. By John Rotheram, M. A. Rector of Houghton-Le-Spring, Vicar of Seaham, and Chaplain to the Right Reverend John Lord Bishop of Durham. (Newcastle upon Tyne: Printed by T. Saint, for J. Robson, New Bond-Street, London, 1781). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
06/22/2014
