Its author had sufficient diffidence as to the merits of this chapter to describe it as "a digression; ad mentem Mr. R.
Some schoolmen distinguish between mentiri (as being contra mentem ire) and mendacium dicere; as if to tell a lie were not always to lie, because not contrary to the mind.
It was one of Chilon's sayings, Lapideis cotibus aurum examinari: auro autem bonorum malorumque hominum mentem cujusmodi sit comprobari: i.
Juravi lingua, mentem injuratam gero=--I have sworn with my tongue, but I bear a mind unsworn.
Magni est ingenii revocare mentem a sensibus, et cogitationem a consuetudine abducere=--It argues a mind of great native force to be able to emancipate itself from the thraldom of the senses, and to wean its thoughts from old habits.
Furor iraque mentem præcipitant=--Rage and anger hurry on the mind.
Quod in utramque partem in mentem multa veniebant, inasmuch as many considerations both for and against it came into my mind, magnum pondus accessit ad tollendam dubitationem, it came with great force to remove my hesitation.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "mentem" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
