Those who are born of parents broken with old age, or of such as are not yet ripe or are too young, or of drunkards, soft or effeminate men, want a great and liberal ingenuity or wit.

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Browne Willis the antiquary was son of Thomas Willis (1658–1699) the eldest son of Thomas and Mary. Martin's Church on the site of the old Chantry Chapel of St. The philosopher Richard Cumberland quickly applied the findings on brain anatomy to argue a case against Thomas Hobbes's view of the primacy of the passions.

He was a founding member of the Royal Society.