"You compare Cogitation in a Spirit, to Motion in a Body, and so Cessation from Thought in a a Spirit, must answer to Rest in a Body"
— Burnet, Thomas (c.1635-1715)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for M. Wotton, [etc.]
Date
1697
Metaphor
"You compare Cogitation in a Spirit, to Motion in a Body, and so Cessation from Thought in a a Spirit, must answer to Rest in a Body"
Metaphor in Context
[...] You compare Cogitation in a Spirit, to Motion in a Body, and so Cessation from Thought in a a Spirit, must answer to Rest in a Body. Now, when a Body is in Rest, there must be some Cause to put it into Motion; I enquire therefore what Cause is, which in the quietism of a Spirit (Humane or Angelical) ro State of Noncogitation, brings it to Thoughts again.
(p. 10)
(p. 10)
Categories
Provenance
Reading Burnet's three Remarks
Citation
Burnet, Thomas; Locke, John, and Porter, Noah. Remarks Upon an Essay Concerning Humane Understanding: Five Tracts. Garland Publishing, Inc. New York and London, 1984.
Theme
Lockean Philosophy
Date of Entry
03/15/2005
