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mind over matter

Willpower can overcome physical obstacles, as in Margaret was determined to go to the wedding even on crutches—mind over matter. This idea was already expressed by Virgil in the Aeneid (c. 19 b.c.) as Mens agitat molem, “Mind moves matter,” and it appeared in various forms in English by 1700.

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Nearby words

mind map, mind of one's own, have a, mind one's own business, mind one's p's and q's, mind out, mind over matter, mind reader, mind reading, mind the store, mind your p's and q's, mind's eye
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