Thomas Willis Quotes

• To explicate the uses of the Brain seems as difficult a task as to paint the Soul, of which it is commonly said, that it understands all things but itself.

  Thomas Willis

  Soul, Brain, Tasks

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• Sometimes a great wound or concussion of the head, especially which happens by falling headlong from an high place, brings a prejudice and weakness to the animal faculty, dulling the understanding

  Thomas Willis

  Fall, Animal, Understanding

  Thomas Willis (1685). “The London Practice of Physick, Or The Whole Practical Part of Physick”, p.490

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• Diabetes is caused by melancholy.

  Thomas Willis

  Melancholy, Diabetes

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• I beg my Children to be just and virtuous, never to disgrace my name or theirs, and then they are out of fortune's power

  Thomas Willis

  Children, Power, Names

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• Those who are born of parents broken with old age, or of such as are not yet ripe or are too young, or of drunkards, soft or effeminate men, want a great and liberal ingenuity or wit.

  Thomas Willis

  Broken Heart, Men, Parent

  "Psychological problems in mental deficiency" by Seymour B. Sarason, p. 211, 1969.

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