The Mind
Nosce Teipsum: Reason, Vnderstanding
From Complete Poems, ed. Grosart (1876)
The Mind
When she rates things and moues from ground to ground,
The name of Reason she obtaines by this;
But when by Reason she the truth hath found,
And standeth fixt, she VNDERSTANDING is.
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Davies, John. “Nosce Teipsum: Reason, Vnderstanding.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/davies/61/.
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Davies, John. “Nosce Teipsum: Reason, Vnderstanding.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/davies/61/.
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