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Full Idea
And of course, the brain is not responsible for any of the sensations at all. The correct view is that the seat and source of sensation is the region of the heart.
Gist of Idea
The brain has no responsibility for sensations, which occur in the heart
Source
Aristotle (The Parts of Animals [c.345 BCE]), quoted by Matthew Cobb - The Idea of the Brain 1
Book Ref
Cobb,Matthew: 'The Idea of the Brain' [Penguin 2020], p.20
A Reaction
[Need a reference] Hippocrates's assertion a century earlier made no impression on the great man. I wish he had been a little more circumspect with his own view.
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