sensum

• “So it seems to me that Origen was boldly adventurous in bringing in any number of myths from his own day - but at the same time deeply rooted in the sensum fidelium - thus a true missionary like the Jesuits who wore saffron in Asia.”

  Who is Origen?

• “We speak of creatures as causes, but William says this is “ad sensum””

  William of Auvergne

• ““Non est Deo difficile facere ut sapidus humor sit intra organum gustus, qui sensum illum intentionaliter afficere.””

  A Philosophical Dictionary

• “Instat in matrice, quod sursum et deorsum ad odoris sensum praecipitatur.”

  Anatomy of Melancholy

• “Per 24 horas sensum doloris omnem tollit, et ridere facit.”

  Anatomy of Melancholy

• “Sanguis amasiae, ebibitus omnem amoris sensum tollit: Faustinam Marci Aurelii uxorem, gladiatoris amore captam, ita penitus consilio Chaldaeorum liberatam, refert”

  Anatomy of Melancholy

• “Oraculum est, vivida saepe ingenia, luxuriare hac et evanescere multosque sensum penitus amisisse.”

  Anatomy of Melancholy

• “Sensibile forte destruit sensum, a strong object overcometh the sight, according to that axiom in philosophy: fulgorem solis ferre non potes, multo magis creatoris; if thou canst not endure the sunbeams, how canst thou endure that fulgor and brightness of him that made the sun?”

  Anatomy of Melancholy

• “Solaris: ut divinam aspicias pulchritudinem, demitte materiam, demitte sensum, et Deum qualis sit videbis.”

  Anatomy of Melancholy

• “According to that axiom, visibile forte destruit sensum.”

  Anatomy of Melancholy

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