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“The essential nature (concerning the soul) cannot be corporeal, yet it is also clear that this soul is present in a particular bodily part, and this one of the parts having control over the rest (heart).”

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The essential nature (concerning the soul) cannot be corporeal, yet it is also clear that this soul is present in a particular bodily part, and this one of the parts having control over the rest (heart). Citation: Parva Naturalia 467b.13–16 Listed on https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aristotle (CC BY-SA)
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