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That it exists not in the mind is agreed; and that it exists not in place is no less certain--since all place or extension exists only in the mind, as has been already proved.

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  1. noun The human consciousness that originates in the brain and is manifested especially in thought, perception, emotion, will, memory, and imagination.
  2. noun The collective conscious and unconscious processes in a sentient organism that direct and influence mental and physical behavior.
  3. noun The principle of intelligence; the spirit of consciousness regarded as an aspect of reality.
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  • At any critical juncture, when any thing momentous transpired, such as death, misfortune, disappointment, and the like, it generally passed off from my mind like the chanting of birds after a storm, for my mind was then more deeply inspired than at other periods. —  Life of George M. Horton, The Colored Bard of North-Carolina
  • Waiting. ( Pongo interposing ) When what you call the mind is departed, the spirit waits in exile for the Great Change. —  Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers
  • No sound, only images, clear as day, like my mind was the Bijou running a matinee horror flick That goddamned barn of yours. —  FSF,June2006
  • From that time he bent his thoughts on studies far more solid and desirable to him; to views of public benefit: For his mind was ardently devoted to the pursuit of general improvement. —  The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753), Vol. V.
  • I begged him to let me borrow any books he might have, for my mind was atrophying from boredom. —  forestmage
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  1. Middle English minde, from Old English gemynd; see men-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English mind, mynd, mend, mund, from Anglo-Saxon gemynd (not *mynd, as commonly cited, this form, without the prefix, occurring only in derivatives), memory, remembrance, memorial, mind, thought, = Icelandic minni (for *mindi), memory, = Swedish minne = Danish minde (developed from minnc, itself from orig. *minde), memory, = Gothic (Moesogothic) gamunds (also gaminthi), memory; with collective prefix ge-, and formative -d (orig. past participle suffix), from munan (present man, preterit munde), also gemunan (geman, etc.), also ā-munan, on-munan, remember, be mindful of, consider, think, = Old Saxon farmunan, despise, = Icelandic muna = Gothic (Moesogothic) gamunan, remember: see mine. From the same source are Anglo-Saxon myne, mind, purpose, desire, love, = Icelandic munr, mind, desire, love, = Gothic (Moesogothic) muns, purpose, device, readiness (see minne); all from a Teutonic √ man = L. √ men in meminisse, remember (perfect as pres., memini = Anglo-Saxon man, I remember), reminisci, recall to mind, recollect, men(t-)s. mind (a form nearly = English mind), mentiri, lie, etc., = Greek √ μεν in μη̄νις, wrath, μένος, mind, etc., μνᾱσθαι, remember, etc., = Sanskrit √ man, think. This is one of the most prolific of the Aryan roots: in English, of Anglo-Saxon or other Teutonic origin, are mind, remind, min, mink, minion, mignonette, minilen, minx, mean, etc.; of Latin origin, memento, reminiscence, mental, mention, amentia,demented,comment, commentary, etc., Minerva, etc.; of Greek origin, mentor, etc. The word man is also usually referred to this root: see man.
  2. from Middle English minden, munden, from Anglo-Saxon myndgian, gemyndgian, gemyndigian (= Old High German gemuntigōn), bear in mind, recollect, recall to another's mind, remind (cf. Icelandic minna, remind, recollect, = Danish minde, remind); from the noun: see mind, n. This verb has absorbed in part the orig. different verbs mine (from Middle English minen, mynen, from Anglo-Saxon munan) and ming (from Anglo-Saxon mynegian, myngian, bring to mind): see mine, ming.
  3. Irish mind, a crown, diadem.
 

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