Chambers, Ephraim (1680-1740)

Cyclopædia; or, an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences

London

James & John Knapton

1728

"SENSORY, or Sensorium Commune, the Seat of the Common Sense; or that Part where the sensible Soul is supposed more immediately to reside."

SENSORY, or Sensorium Commune, the Seat of the Common Sense; or that Part where the sensible Soul is supposed more immediately to reside. The Sensory is allow'd to be that Part of the Brain wherein the Nerves from all the Organs of Sense, terminate. This is generally allowed to be about the Beginning of the Medulla Oblongata: Des Cartes will have it in the Conarian, or Pineal Gland. See CONARION. Sir Isaac Newton describes the Sensory of Animals as the Place to which the sensible Species of Things are carry'd through the Nerves and Brain; that they may be there perceiv'd by their immediate Presence to the Soul. The Organs of Sense, the same great Author observes, are not for enabling the Soul to perceive the Species of Things, in its Sensory; but only for conveying them thither. See SENSE. The Universe, he makes the Sensory of the Godhead. See GOD.
(II, 56)

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At least 9 entries in ESTC (1728, 1738, 1741, 1752, 1788, 1784, 1786, 1787, 1795).

Ephraim Chambers, Cyclopædia; or, an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences; Containing the Definitions of the Terms, and Accounts of the Thing Signify'd Thereby 2 vols. (London: James & John Knapton, 1728). <Link to ESTC><Link to UWDC edition: vol. I, vol. II>

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