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HoP 478 This Gland Is Your Gland: Cartesian Science

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

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Why Descartes Picked the Pineal Gland

Peter recounts Descartes' reasons for making the pineal gland the soul's seat and how it fit his theory of animal spirits.

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