Russell Shorto - Descartes' bones (2008)

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They had applied their doubts to the very head that had introduced doubt as a tool for advancing knowledge. And in the end they gave the head a nod.

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We are graced with a godlike ability to transcend time and space in our minds but are chained to death.

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Embedded in this outlook is an idea of the body as a machine, so that illness is seen as a breakdown of the machine, healing involves repairing the broken parts, and a doctor is a kind of mechanic with medications as his or her tools.

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