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I understood that people in pre modern times thought of the "me" as the heart. I'm not sure if that meant they thought this was where thinking occurred but wher
by thinkingemote 2y ago
I understood that people in pre modern times thought of the "me" as the heart. I'm not sure if that meant they thought this was where thinking occurred but where the emotions lived I imagine.
- adastra22 2y agoOr it is simply an observation that when the heart stops, the body ceases to be conscious. The functioning of the brain was not visible without modern tools.
- scotty79 2y agoMaybe this came from being hungry a lot.
- the_gipsy 2y agoEven further, the early greeks thought that it's your lungs / chest / breath which is life.
- namaria 2y agoAlcmaeon of Croton identified the brain as the seat of thought as early as the 5th century BCE.