Philosophical Works, Volume 1Cambridge Press, 1967 - Philosophy |
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Page 197
... brain , it may happen that although their extremities which are in the foot are not affected , but only certain ones of their intervening parts [ which pass by the loins or the neck ] , this action will excite the same movement in the brain ...
... brain , it may happen that although their extremities which are in the foot are not affected , but only certain ones of their intervening parts [ which pass by the loins or the neck ] , this action will excite the same movement in the brain ...
Page 293
... brain alone , yet either disorder or altogether take away from us the use of our senses ; just like sleep itself which affects the brain alone , and yet every day takes from us during a great part of our time the faculty of perception ...
... brain alone , yet either disorder or altogether take away from us the use of our senses ; just like sleep itself which affects the brain alone , and yet every day takes from us during a great part of our time the faculty of perception ...
Page 338
... brain from which these nerves proceed ; I explained , I repeat , how they move them in as many diverse ways as the diversities which they cause us to see in things , and that it is not immediately the movements which occur in the eye ...
... brain from which these nerves proceed ; I explained , I repeat , how they move them in as many diverse ways as the diversities which they cause us to see in things , and that it is not immediately the movements which occur in the eye ...
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