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Date: 1728

"SENSORY, or Sensorium Commune, the Seat of the Common Sense; or that Part where the sensible Soul is supposed more immediately to reside."

— Chambers, Ephraim (1680-1740)

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Date: 1728

"All these Things shew evidently, that the Soul resides immediately in that Part of the Brain wherein the Nerves of all the Organs of Sense terminate: we mean 'tis there it perceives all the Changes that happen with regard to the Objects that cause them, or that have been used to cause them; and,...

— Chambers, Ephraim (1680?–1740)

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