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Date: 1697

"But tho I must always acknowledg to that justly admir'd Gentleman, the great Obligation of my first Deliverance from the unintelligible way of talking of the Philosophy in use in the Schools in his time, yet I am so far from entitling his Writings to any of the Errors or Imperfections which are ...

— Locke, John (1632-1704)

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Date: 1703

" For, if with Modesty a Woman parts / She gains Contempt, when she wou'd conquer Hearts."

— Oldmixon, John (1672/3-1742)

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Date: 1742

Judgement may assume "her Seat, the Mind"

— Cooke, Thomas (1703-1756)

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Date: 1742

A poet may "to the Eye of Judgement ever shine"

— Cooke, Thomas (1703-1756)

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The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.