In a message dated 12/30/02 10:27:11 PM, stingray1@... writes:

<< The heart is the seat of understanding; thus the Scripture speaks of men
"wise in heart;" and "slow of heart" means dull of understanding. To learn
by heart is to learn and understand; to learn by rote is to learn so as to
be able to repeat; to learn by memory is to commit to memory without
reference to understanding what is so learnt. However, we employ the phrase
commonly as a synonym for committing to memory."

-Rich >>

Rich:
Good work. The idea that the mind, and thus understanding, is found in the
chest originated with the Greeks who failed to see that the brain was
actually in the the head.
Tim