Date: 1702
"The force of which Argument lies thus, Cogitation in the Soul answering to Motion in Body, as the same Motion cannot be restor'd, but a new Motion may be produc'd; so the same Cogitations cannot be restor'd, but new Cogitations must be produc'd."
preview | full record— Trotter, Catherine, later Cockburn, (1674?-1749)
Date: 1702
But if ideas "remain in the Soul when I was only thinking of a Horse, whereever they are bestow'd, it may be presum'd, there is room for that one idea more without thrusting out another to give it place: and when that one is among them, I see no more reason why they must be all new imprest, than ...
preview | full record— Trotter, Catherine, later Cockburn, (1674?-1749)
Date: 1702
It is "most consonant to Reason to think this [LIfe] is only a State of Probation, and that the dispensation of Rewards and Punishments, is reserv'd for a Future Life; there being no other way to reconcile the partial distribution of things here, to that order which we know is agreeable to the Di...
preview | full record— Trotter, Catherine, later Cockburn, (1674?-1749)
Date: 1702
Some Objects may "promote our Joy, are bright to the Eye, or stamp upon our Minds, Pleasure, and Self-satisfaction"
preview | full record— Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)
Date: 1692, 1702
"The Soul of Man comes into this World at least as Ill-informed of the Affairs of Grace, as those of Nature. It is in all respects, a Rasa tabula, a meer Blank, and hath need of being fill'd with every thing"
preview | full record— Jurieu, Pierre (1637-1713); Fleetwood, William, Trans.
Date: 1702
Reason has a law that may be transgressed by vile wretches
preview | full record— Pomfret, John (1667-1702)
Date: 1702
"They're not Love's Subjects, but the Slaves of Lust, / Nor is their Punishment so great, as just."
preview | full record— Pomfret, John (1667-1702)
Date: 1702
'Tis Lust, (not Love) and Reason, that are Foes
preview | full record— Pomfret, John (1667-1702)
Date: 1702
"But there is one soft Minute, when the Mind / Is left unguarded," during which "the wise Lover understanding right, /Steals in like Day upon the Wings of Light."
preview | full record— Pomfret, John (1667-1702)
Date: 1702
The "dull Remains of Fear" may be banished [from the mind?]
preview | full record— Pomfret, John (1667-1702)