QuoteQuest“The brain is not responsible for any of the sensations.. the correct view [is] that the seat and source of sensation is the region of the heart….the motions of pleasure and pain, and generally all sensation plainly have their source in the heart.”
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The brain is not responsible for any of the sensations.. the correct view [is] that the seat and source of sensation is the region of the heart….the motions of pleasure and pain, and generally all sensation plainly have their source in the heart. Citation: Book II, Part 10 Listed on https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aristotle (CC BY-SA)Read evidence
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