Date: 1257

"By subject, I mean obedient to the soul without rebellion, reproducing and reproducible without lust, functioning without defect, wholly exempt from the changes of decay, impervious to death."

— St. Bonaventure [born Giovanni di Fidanza] (1217-1274)

Date: 1793

"It is here that the mind holds its empire, though it is impossible to demonstrate how this is effected, and beyond this point its power ceases."

— Valli, Eusebius (1762-1815)

Date: 1793

"The empire of the mind is extended by experience and practice."

— Valli, Eusebius (1762-1815)