I would say to the ancient theory of the humours that played such a role
in European medical thinking via Hippocrates - "cold feelings" sounds
like black bile, cold and dry, though phlegm, cold & wet, might also be
responsible.
mj
Alison Croggon wrote:
>On 18/1/05 2:02 AM, "Christopher Walker" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>One issue is why (or how) you get temperature mapped onto charity, unless
>>it's vice versa. I dislike the conventional explanation < unheated
>>charitable institutions and so forth. On the other hand I'm not entirely
>>unconvinced, and I don't really have anything better.
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>How old are such concepts as "cold" feelings, &c? I'd think they'd go
>pretty far back, and must be linked to this usage?
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