Anatomy of Melancholy, 160-162: Subsect. VII. – Of the Moving Faculty

A of M 160 - Movement

Nothing too deep here, but I guess it is neat that humans can move around. Better than being a fungus or something.

This moving faculty is the other power of the sensitive soul, which causeth all those inward and outward animal motions in the body. It is divided into two faculties, the power of appetite, and of moving from place to place.

 

This post is part of a long, tedious, and very illustrated read-along of Robert Burton’s The Anatomy of Melancholy. More info here and follow along on Facebook here. Illustrations posted via devon_isadevon on Instagram.

 

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