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On the Nature of Man
Nemesius of Emesa, tr. Wither, 1636
Of the Cogitation; of the things thereunto pertaining; and of the instrument whereby it…
Right briefly, and according to our ability, we have spoken of the imagining faculty of the soule; of the instruments thereof, and of those things wherein they agree or differ.
To the cogitation these particulars are generally pertinent; the judgement of things, a consent unto them, a refusall of them, and a desire unto them; But, those which are specially pertinent, are consideration, vertues, knowledges, the reason of arts, deliberation, and choice.
This is that part wherby wee attaine the foresight of things to come, in visions or dreames; and therein onely, the Pythagorean Philosophers (following the Iewish opinions) thinke true prophecying consisteth.
The instruments of cogitation, are the middle-pan of the braine, and the vitall spirits, which are in it.