ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

thought is parent of the deed [Carlyle]; thoughts in attitudes imperious [Longfellow];
thoughts that breathe and words that burn [Gray]; vivere est cogitare [Lat.] [Cicero];
Volk der Dichter und Denker [G.].
452. [Absence or want of thought.] Incogitancy -- N. incogitancy † , vacancy,
inunderstanding † ; fatuity &c 499; thoughtlessness &c (inattention) 458; vacuity.
couch potato, vegetable.
V. not think &c 451; not think of; dismiss from the mind, dismiss from the thoughts &c
451.
indulge in reverie &c (be inattentive) 458.
put away thought; unbend the mind, relax the mind, divert the mind, veg out.
Adj. vacant, unintellectual, unideal † , unoccupied, unthinking, inconsiderate, thoughtless,
mindless, no-brain, vacuous; absent &c (inattentive) 458; diverted; irrational &c 499;
narrow-minded &c 481.
unthought of, undreamt 'of, unconsidered; off one's mind; incogitable † , not to be
thought of.
Phr. absence d'esprit; pabulum pictura pascit inani [Lat.].
453. [Object of thought.] Idea -- N. idea, notion, conception, thought, apprehension,
impression, perception, image, eidolon [Gr.], sentiment, reflection, observation,
consideration; abstract idea; archetype, formative notion; guiding conception, organizing
conception; image in the mind, regulative principle.
view &c (opinion) 484; theory &c 514; conceit, fancy; phantasy &c (imagination)
515.
point of view &c (aspect) 448; field of view.
454. [Subject of thought] Topic -- N. subject of thought, material for thought; food for
the mind, mental pabulum.
subject, subject matter; matter, theme, noemata [Gr.], topic, what it is about, thesis,
text, business, affair, matter in hand, argument; motion, resolution; head, chapter; case,
point; proposition, theorem; field of inquiry; moot point, problem &c (question) 461.
V. float in the mind, pass in the mind &c 451.
Adj. thought of; uppermost in the mind; in petto.
Adv. under consideration; in question, in the mind; on foot, on the carpet, on the docket,
on the tapis † ; relative to &c 9.
SECTION II.
PRECURSORY CONDITIONS AND OPERATIONS
455. [The desire of knowledge.] Curiosity -- N. interest, thirst for knowledge, thirst for
truth; curiosity, curiousness; inquiring mind; inquisitiveness.
omnivorous intellect, devouring mind.
[person who desires knowledge] inquirer; sightseer; quidnunc [Lat.], newsmonger,
Paul Pry, eavesdropper; gossip &c (news) 532; rubberneck; intellectual; seeker [inquirer
after religious knowledge], seeker after truth.