Brain and personality ; or, the physical relation of the brain to the mind / by William Hanna Thomson.

  • William Hanna Thomson
Date:
1907
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Credit: Brain and personality ; or, the physical relation of the brain to the mind / by William Hanna Thomson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The prophet Jeremiah denounces the hypo- crites of his day, who ‘ ‘ had the Lord in their mouths, but not in their kidneys.’’ In keep- ing with similar expressions in the Old Testa- ment St. Paul speaks of “ bowels of mer- cies.” A survival of these conceptions is found in our English phrase, “ Two fellows of the same kidney.” Nor for a long time were the ideas of the Greeks on this subject much nearer the mark. It is true that Plato assigns the supreme seat of the mind to the brain, but how purely N speculative were his views is illustrated by the following quotation: 11 The creation of bones and flesh was in this wise. “ The foundation of these is the marrow which binds together body and soul, and the marrow is made out of such of the primary triangles as are adapted by their perfection to produce all the four elements. These God took and mingled them in due proportion, making as many kinds of marrow as there
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