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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.

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

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

Diabetes is caused by melancholy.

Thomas Willis
Melancholy, Diabetes

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

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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