In these ways I am of the opinion that the brain exercises the greatest power in the man. This is the interpreter to us of those things which emanate from the air, when the brain happens to be in a sound state. But the air supplies sense to it. And the eyes, the ears, the tongue and the feet, administer such things as the brain cogitates. For in as much as it is supplied with air, does it impart sense to the body. It is the brain which is the messenger to the understanding. For when the man draws the breath into himself, it passes first to the brain, and thus the air is distributed to the rest of the body, leaving in the brain its acme, and whatever has sense and understanding. For if it passed first to the body and last to the brain, then having left in the flesh and veins the judgment, when it reached the brain it would be hot, and not at all pure, but mixed with the humidity from flesh and blood, so as to be no longer pure.Hippocrates, On the Sacred Disease (Translation by Francis Adams in 1886)
Click on the link for a full read :) Obviously, most of this “knowledge” is rustic, primitive and inaccurate. But, give the man a break! To me it seems like reasonable logic, considering this was written 400 B.C.
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The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.Carl Sagan (American astronomer, astrophysicist, and cosmologist)
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As long as our brains remain a mystery, the universe, the reflection of the structure of the brain will also be a mystery.Santiago Ramón y Cajal (Nobel laureate)
