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Date: 1717

"Bear unmov'd the wrongs of base mankind, / The last, and hardest, conquest of the mind"

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

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Date: 1728

Imaginary Conquests may swell the Mind

— Pattison, William (1706-1727)

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Date: 1743

"My soul is more than conqueror, / And strong in strength invincible."

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1758

"There are few moralists who know how to arm our passions against one another."

— Helvétius, Claude Adrien (1715-1771)

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The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.