id,dictionary,theme,reviewed_on,metaphor,created_at,provenance,comments,work_id,text,context,updated_at
11632,"","",,"""For it's whole Systeme Aims at this, to make the Furniture of every Person's Mind Alike, their Reason and Faculties the same, and which Garniture, after it has made it a Rasa Tabula, must be of it's own Supplying; 'Tis an Empty Room, without any Thing to Set if off or Adorn it, till this Philosophy has taken Care to put into it, what Ideas and Faculties it Thinks Proper for it's Ornament and Embellishing.""",2006-10-08 00:00:00 UTC,Searching in ECCO,"•I've included four times: Furniture, Garniture, Tabula Rasa, Room",4411,"It would be hard Indeed, if a Philosophy, which has Considered Ideas with such Accuracy, should be Mistaken in every Point; And it may Possibly be True in this, with one Restriction, in Respect of the first Part of what is here Affirm'd, that our Comparing Ideas with on another, as to Extent, Degree, Time, Place, &c. is the Ground of Relations, Namely, if it is Meant, so far as we Apprehend those Relations; But if it is Affirm'd in General, it is a Mistake; Because not only our Comparing our Ideas, but the Different Genius's, Tempers, and Complexions of our Minds, by which we first Receive, and them Compare them, comes into the account, which this Philosophy does not at all Regard; For it's whole Systeme Aims at this, to make the Furniture of every Person's Mind Alike, their Reason and Faculties the same, and which Garniture, after it has made it a Rasa Tabula, must be of it's own Supplying; 'Tis an Empty Room, without any Thing to Set if off or Adorn it, till this Philosophy has taken Care to put into it, what Ideas and Faculties it Thinks Proper for it's Ornament and Embellishing; And amongst the Rest, is this of Comparing Ideas; as if it was the same in all Men, and was not to be Distinguished by the Various Forces, Powers, and Capacities of the Mind, which it Certainly Ought to be.
(V.v.11, p. 633)",Book V. Chapt V.,2009-09-14 19:36:06 UTC
11637,Writing,Blank Slate,,"""We rather take Notice of this here; Because this Philosophy had made the Mind a Rasa Tabula, or a Blank Paper, or an Empty and Void Room without any Furniture, which therefore it was to Supply; And this is done by Storing it with it's Simple Ideas from Sensation and Reflection, and from thence Deriving it's Complex Ones; On the Contrary we say, that what this Philosophy Terms Simple Ideas, are Abstracted ones, as Colour, Sound, Extension, &c. and therefore are not First in the Mind, but are Made by it; And on the other Hand, what it Names Complex Ideas, are Received Whole, and Compounded into the Mind, and are afterwards Separated into the Simple Ideas, or the Particulars, of which they Consist.""",2006-10-08 00:00:00 UTC,"Searching ""tabula rasa"" in ECCO","•I've included four times: Tabula Rasa, Paper, Room, Furniture",4411,"THESE being Little more than Definitions of Terms, there is Little more to be said Concerning them, Excepting, That the Mind does not Form these Complex Ideas from it's Comparing of Simple Ideas, but Receives them Complex from Experience and Observation, and then by Reflection and Reason Distinguishes them into the several Parts, of which they are Composed. We rather take Notice of this here; Because this Philosophy had made the Mind a Rasa Tabula, or a Blank Paper, or an Empty and Void Room without any Furniture, which therefore it was to Supply; And this is done by Storing it with it's Simple Ideas from Sensation and Reflection, and from thence Deriving it's Complex Ones; On the Contrary we say, that what this Philosophy Terms Simple Ideas, are Abstracted ones, as Colour, Sound, Extension, &c. and therefore are not First in the Mind, but are Made by it; And on the other Hand, what it Names Complex Ideas, are Received Whole, and Compounded into the Mind, and are afterwards Separated into the Simple Ideas, or the Particulars, of which they Consist.
(V.v.35, p. 677)",Book V. Chapt V.,2009-09-14 19:36:06 UTC
19581,"Inhabitants, Rooms, and Writing","",,"""One Law of the Action of the Soul on the Body, & vice versa, seems to be, That upon such and such Motions produced in the Musical Instrument of the Body, such and such Sensations should arise in the Mind; and on such and such Actions of the Soul, such and such Motions in the Body should ensue; much like a Signal agreed to between two Generals, the one within, the other without a Citadel, which should signify to one another, what they have before agreed to, and established between them; or, like the Key of a Cypher, which readily explains the otherwise unintelligible Writing.""",2012-02-08 04:12:26 UTC,Reading in the British Library,"",7187,"Scholium. These Laws of the Actions of the Soul on the Body, and of the Body on the Soul, are never to be known to us, but by their Effects; as the Laws of Nature in the Actions of Bodies upon one another, were first discovered by Experiment, and afterward reduced into general Propositions. One Law of the Action of the Soul on the Body, & vice versa, seems to be, That upon such and such Motions produced in the Musical Instrument of the Body, such and such Sensations should arise in the Mind; and on such and such Actions of the Soul, such and such Motions in the Body should ensue; much like a Signal agreed to between two Generals, the one within, the other without a Citadel, which should signify to one another, what they have before agreed to, and established between them; or, like the Key of a Cypher, which readily explains the otherwise unintelligible Writing. Besides these Passions and Affections, which are involuntary.
(VI, pp. 146-7)",Chap. VI. Of the Passions,2012-02-08 04:12:40 UTC
20899,Rooms and Writing,"",,"""We observed a long Antrum or Cavity in the Sinciput, that was filled with Ribbons, Lace and Embroidery, wrought together in a most curious Piece of Network, the Parts of which were likewise imperceptible to the naked Eye. Another of these Antrums or Cavities was stuffed with invisible Billetdoux, Love-Letters, pricked Dances, and other Trumpery of the same Nature. In another we found a kind of Powder, which set the whole Company a Sneezing, and by the Scent discovered it self to be right Spanish. The several other Cells were stored with Commodities of the same kind, of which it would be tedious to give the Reader an exact Inventory.""",2013-06-17 20:07:59 UTC,Reading,"",7470,"We observed a long Antrum or Cavity in the Sinciput, that was filled with Ribbons, Lace and Embroidery, wrought together in a most curious Piece of Network, the Parts of which were likewise imperceptible to the naked Eye. Another of these Antrums or Cavities was stuffed with invisible Billet-doux, Love-Letters, pricked Dances, and other Trumpery of the same Nature. In another we found a kind of Powder, which set the whole Company a Sneezing, and by the Scent discovered it self to be right Spanish. The several other Cells were stored with Commodities of the same kind, of which it would be tedious to give the Reader an exact Inventory.","",2013-06-17 20:07:59 UTC
22813,Mirror,"",,"""Speech was given to Man as the Image and Interpreter of the Soul: It is anime index & speculum, the Messenger of the Heart, the Gate by which all that is within issues forth, and comes into open View.""",2013-09-22 20:45:31 UTC,"Searching ""heart"" and ""speculum"" in ECCO-TCP","Note, somebody is plagiarizing... CROSS-REFER Henry Baker's translation of Moliere. REVISIT and sort out!",7686,"Speech was given to Man as the Image and Interpreter of the Soul: It is anime index & speculum, the Messenger of the Heart, the Gate by which all that is within issues forth, and comes into open View: And therefore the Philosopher said well to the Child, Loquere ut te videam, Speak that I may see thee, that is the Inside of thee; for as Vessels are known whether they be broken or whole by their inward Sound; so is Man from his Speech, which carries with it not only a great Influence, but a great Discovery of our Minds; and Integrity herein is the publick Faith of Mankind. With all sorts of Men we should deal ingeniously yet reservedly, saying what we think, but thinking more than we say, it being not good to say at all Times all that the Heart thinketh, tho' all that the Heart thinketh be good. Freedom of Speech is sometimes to be foreborn, least we give others Power thereby to lay hold on the Rudder of our Minds; for in all there are some Places weaker than others, and prudent Men will take heed of lying uncover'd that Way: 'Tis true there may be possibly in Discourse a Fault of Omission; but this is a right-hand Error; a Man may be sometimes sorry he said no more, but very often that he said so much: God hath given us two Ears and one Mouth, that we ought to Hear more than to Speak; we have no Ear-Lids to keep us from Hearing, and often must Hear against our Will; but our Mouth shuts naturally, and we may keep our Tongue from Speaking, unless by Intemperance we lose that Privilege of Nature.
(pp. 26-27)","",2013-09-22 20:45:31 UTC