"Speaking according to natural philosophers, 'tis a clear case, that <i>wit</i> is a <i>generative power</i>, and, if we may so say, becomes <i>pregnant</i>, and <i>brings forth</i>; moreover, as <i>Plato</i> affirms, wants a midwife to <i>deliver </i>her"
Treatise of the Education and Learning Proper for the Different Capacities of Youth; Founded on the Principles of Natural Philosophy