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... Whytt on the source of movement in the animal body . In 1751 Whytt's Essay on Vital and Other Involuntary Motions of Animals , began the argument , and the debate con- tinued in books and pamphlets ending with Haller's Ad Robert Whyttii ...
... Whytt on the source of movement in the animal body . In 1751 Whytt's Essay on Vital and Other Involuntary Motions of Animals , began the argument , and the debate con- tinued in books and pamphlets ending with Haller's Ad Robert Whyttii ...
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... Whytt see the great influence of the mind over the body in causing erection . Haller finds this mental influence a special case of irritability applicable only to erec- tion , while Whytt places erection among a set of analogous mind ...
... Whytt see the great influence of the mind over the body in causing erection . Haller finds this mental influence a special case of irritability applicable only to erec- tion , while Whytt places erection among a set of analogous mind ...
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... ( Whytt , 1751 , 314 ) The mind definitely mediates between cause and effect here and is necessary to control erection , yet the mind itself is in this case beyond conscious control . There is no question of a mind- less , mechanical ...
... ( Whytt , 1751 , 314 ) The mind definitely mediates between cause and effect here and is necessary to control erection , yet the mind itself is in this case beyond conscious control . There is no question of a mind- less , mechanical ...
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Contributors | 7 |
Introduction | 15 |
Nature as Ethical Norm in the Enlightenment | 51 |
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