"'Orandum est', let us pray, says Juvenal, 'ut sit mens sana in corpore sano', for a sound Mind in a healthy Body; and every deformed Person should add this Petition, 'ut sit mens recta in corpore curvo', for an upright Mind in a crooked one."

— Hay, William (1695-1755)

Author

Hay, William (1695-1755)

Work Title

Deformity, An Essay

Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for R. and J. Dodsley
Date
1754
Metaphor
"'Orandum est', let us pray, says Juvenal, 'ut sit mens sana in corpore sano', for a sound Mind in a healthy Body; and every deformed Person should add this Petition, 'ut sit mens recta in corpore curvo', for an upright Mind in a crooked one."
Metaphor in Context
The most useful Inference from all this to a deformed Person, is to be upon his Guard against those Frailties, to which he is more particularly exposed, and to be careful, that the outward Frame do not distort the Soul. Orandum est, let us pray, says Juvenal, ut sit mens sana in corpore sano, for a sound Mind in a healthy Body; and every deformed Person should add this Petition, ut sit mens recta in corpore curvo, for an upright Mind in a crooked one. And let him frequently apply to himself, this Article of self-examination, Lenior & melior fis accedente senectâ? as Age approaches, do your Temper and Morals improve? It is a Duty peculiarly incumbent: for if Beauty adds Grace to Virtue it self, Vice must be doubly hideous in Deformity.
(p. 58)
Categories
Body
Provenance
Reading
Citation
At least 5 entries in ESTC (1754, 1755).

Text from Hay, William, Deformity, An Essay, 2nd edition (London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1754). <Link to Google Books>

See also See Deformity: An Essay. By William Hay, Esq. (London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, and sold by M. Cooper, in Pater-Noster Row, 1754). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
05/26/2011

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