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Date: 1641
"But I see what it is: my mind enjoys wandering off and will not yet submit to being restrained within the bounds of truth. Very well then; just this once let us give it a completely free rein, so that after a while, when it is time to tighten the reins, it may more readily submit to being curbed."
preview | full record— Descartes, René (1596-1650)
Date: 1659
"The minde is sometimes a Bull, sometimes a Serpent, and sometimes a flame of fire"
preview | full record— Tubbe, Henry (1618-1655)
Date: 1659
"The minde is sometimes a Bull, sometimes a Serpent, and sometimes a flame of fire; and then the musick of the soule is quite out of tune; the Bells ring backward as in some general conflagration."
preview | full record— Tubbe, Henry (1618-1655)
