"Though the candle of Reason excell in light the Glow-worms of sense, Yet it is but a candle not the sun it self;"
— Sterry, Peter (1613-1672)
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Date
1645
Metaphor
"Though the candle of Reason excell in light the Glow-worms of sense, Yet it is but a candle not the sun it self;"
Metaphor in Context
Though the candle of Reason excell in light the Glow-worms of sense, Yet it is but a candle not the sun it self; it makes no day, only shines in teh darknesses of the night.
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Provenance
Reading S. H. Clark's "Locke and Metaphor Reconsidered" in JHI 59:2 (1998) p. 261
Date of Entry
03/21/2005
