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'Parmenides', 'Nicomachean Ethics' and 'The Idea of the Brain'
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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 2. Psuche
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Everything that receives nourishment has a vegetative soul, with it own distinctive excellence [Aristotle]
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In a controlled person the receptive part of the soul is obedient, and it is in harmony in the virtuous [Aristotle]
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The irrational psuché is persuadable by reason - shown by our criticism and encouragement of people [Aristotle]
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If beings are dominated by appetite, this can increase so much that it drives out reason [Aristotle]
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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 5. Unity of Mind
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The rational and irrational parts of the soul are either truly separate, or merely described that way [Aristotle]
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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 8. Brain
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There is a single mouse neuron which has 862 inputs and 626 outputs [Cobb]
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The brain is not passive, and merely processing inputs; it is active, and intervenes in the world [Cobb]
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