Date: 1748, 1749
"The former have explored and unravelled the labyrinth of Man. They alone have discovered to us those hidden springs concealed under a cover, which hides from us so many wonders."
preview | full record— Julien Offray de La Mettrie (1709-1751)
Date: 1759
"If not with Prejudice, and Passion blind, / In Reason's Glass, you will your Error find. / Search the Recesses of the human Soul, / Mark there, what secret Springs her Acts controul."
preview | full record— Marriott, Thomas (d. 1766)