Philosophical Works, Volume 1Cambridge Press, 1967 - Philosophy |
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Page 115
... move the members , just as the heads of animals , a little while after decapitation , are still observed to move and bite the earth , notwithstanding that they are no longer animate ; what changes are necessary in the brain to cause ...
... move the members , just as the heads of animals , a little while after decapitation , are still observed to move and bite the earth , notwithstanding that they are no longer animate ; what changes are necessary in the brain to cause ...
Page 337
... moves the part of the body to which the extremity of any one of them is attached , causes by that same means the part of the brain from which it proceeds to move , just as when one draws one end of a cord the other end is made to move ...
... moves the part of the body to which the extremity of any one of them is attached , causes by that same means the part of the brain from which it proceeds to move , just as when one draws one end of a cord the other end is made to move ...
Page 351
... move the tongue and lips much more quickly and much better than if we thought of moving them in all the many ways requisite to utter the same words , inasmuch as the custom which we have acquired in learning to speak , caused us to join ...
... move the tongue and lips much more quickly and much better than if we thought of moving them in all the many ways requisite to utter the same words , inasmuch as the custom which we have acquired in learning to speak , caused us to join ...
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