"Having spoken in the foregoing Chapter of the Improvements of the Mind by Erudition, it follows of Course that we speak of the Improvement of the Body by Exercise. Indeed a Vigorous and Athletick Habit of Body, doth extreamly advance the like Disposition and Ability in the Mind; Since all Intellectual Exercise and Travel of Brain depend much upon the Activity of the Spirits, and these upon the good Temper and Strength of the Constitution."
— Nourse, Timothy (c.1636–1699)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Jacob Tonson
Date
1686, 1689, 1697
Metaphor
"Having spoken in the foregoing Chapter of the Improvements of the Mind by Erudition, it follows of Course that we speak of the Improvement of the Body by Exercise. Indeed a Vigorous and Athletick Habit of Body, doth extreamly advance the like Disposition and Ability in the Mind; Since all Intellectual Exercise and Travel of Brain depend much upon the Activity of the Spirits, and these upon the good Temper and Strength of the Constitution."
Metaphor in Context
HAving spoken in the foregoing Chapter of the Improvements of the Mind by Erudition, it follows of Course that we speak of the Improvement of the Body by Exercise. Indeed a Vigorous and Athletick Habit of Body, doth extreamly advance the like Disposition and Ability in the Mind; Since all Intellectual Exercise and Travel of Brain depend much upon the Activity of the Spirits, and these upon the good Temper and Strength of the Constitution. Upon this account it was, that Solon the Athenian Law-giver, and the wisest Man in his Age, ordain'd that the Grecian Youth should be train'd up to Wrestling and Musick, the one for the strengthning of their Bodies, the other for the Polishing of their Minds. Strength, if it be not softned, is Savage and Brutal, but where 'tis joyn'd with Courtesie 'tis Ravishing.
(p. 39)
(p. 39)
Categories
Provenance
Reading in EEBO-TCP
Citation
3 editions in ODNB, 2 found in ESTC (1686, 1689, 1697).
See Timothy Nourse, A Discourse Upon the Nature and Faculties of Man in Several Essayes With Some Considerations of Humane Life (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson at the Judge’s Head in Chancery-Lane, near Fleet-street, 1686). <Link to ESTC><Link to EEBO-TCP>
See Timothy Nourse, A Discourse Upon the Nature and Faculties of Man in Several Essayes With Some Considerations of Humane Life (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson at the Judge’s Head in Chancery-Lane, near Fleet-street, 1686). <Link to ESTC><Link to EEBO-TCP>
Date of Entry
03/11/2016
