Wisdom and Reason, or, Human understanding consider'd, with the organization: or, with the form and nature of the solids and fluids of the body. How much their wrong or different formation may effect our wisdom, judgement, or reason. Some examinations about wisdom; as also of our common conduct and learning, and the most material affairs of human life: with reflections upon a single and married state; and of the education of youth in general.

Date:
1714
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Credit: Wisdom and Reason, or, Human understanding consider'd, with the organization: or, with the form and nature of the solids and fluids of the body. How much their wrong or different formation may effect our wisdom, judgement, or reason. Some examinations about wisdom; as also of our common conduct and learning, and the most material affairs of human life: with reflections upon a single and married state; and of the education of youth in general. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    lame; and confequently the parts of the Body or Brain, of every one differs as much from another , as the Head or Face; which difference of Parts will be more perceptable, to the riiore , nice and obferving Anatomift then to others. According then to this principle part of the Bodies, being better or Worfe form’d ; together with the right ftate of the Fluids, (which proceeds much from the good Formation of the Solid Parts) the great caufe of our different Inclina¬ tions and Paffions, fo like wife f Wifdorn, Reafonj or the Underftanding, will be found by this to be better or worfe, more or lefs. perfect ; for how can a Machine aft, but according to its Form or Inftruments, anymore then the dif¬ ferent Pipes of an Organ , can play all the fame Notes. Or probably the Soul may be compar’d to the Organift, who plays better or worfe, according to the Goodnefs of his Inftrument or Organ. And thus if the Mediums or Humou rs of the Eye, be more or lefs conyfex, or fpherical, the Objefts mud neceflarily appear to be greater or fmaller, accor¬ ding to that Convexety; would it not be then very ridiculous, for any one to be angry, that the ond Man cannot fee the ObjeQ fo big as his Neigh- f Or fhall tM thing form’d, fay to him that form’d it, why- haft thoii made me thus ?