Why do you know things by "heart" if it really means you remebered them in your brain?
2007-10-20 17:40:23 · 13 answers · asked by UknowWho 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I doubt that it is for sentimental reasons because this phrased is most often used w/ number sequnces
2007-10-20 17:52:12 · update #1
there is no logic, this is how we speak in english. You can consder heart to be "The locus of feelings and intuitions"
2007-10-20 17:46:03 · answer #1 · answered by Happily Happy 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because we think of the "heart" as being responsible in a metaphoric sense for automatic actions and feelings. So, knowing something thoroughly gives the same impression.
2007-10-20 17:51:50 · answer #2 · answered by rogavit 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the phrase "know by heart" is a cultual saying. using metaphore to say that we know it well. the heart is used to signify the that its important like life and love. it comes form a christian beleif saying that the the heart holds real intentions and things hat matter most to a person. the heart is what matters not outward things . ect
2007-10-20 17:44:43 · answer #3 · answered by VAN 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First it goes to the brain, then into what we call our hearts. A place we hold those things to be cherished.
2007-10-20 17:43:01 · answer #4 · answered by All That Sparkles Is Pretty! 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a matter of depth. You don't have to think about it because you've 'got it in your blood'. It's a sort of metaphor, and obviously not literal in a biological sense.
2007-10-20 17:43:20 · answer #5 · answered by the Boss 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This probably got started by the same people who thought the Earth was flat !
2007-10-20 17:43:47 · answer #6 · answered by Scorpius59 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it's just one of those weird phrases that just came around. maybe because you really love or you put all your heart into learning it?
2007-10-20 17:43:06 · answer #7 · answered by aerothen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that you know them so well that it's naturally in you head.
2007-10-20 17:43:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
good question actually its just a esspression people use but your realy jusremembering from the left side of your brain!
2007-10-20 17:42:53 · answer #9 · answered by Hazel B 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
b/c they become part of you and your being. you can feel them rather than just cerebrally knowing it in your brain.
2007-10-20 17:43:25 · answer #10 · answered by wishfulthinking 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋