Aristotele e il cervello: Le teorie del più grande biologo dell' antichità nella storia del pensiero scientifico

摘要

[...] the brain's function of thermoregulation was further facilitated by the sutures, the serrated articulations of the skull. [History qua history, I am afraid, is "tedious" by nature, having to do with monotonous, often scarcely intelligible successions of events, and for this very reason, many prefer to devote themselves to more adventurous and exciting activities such as science and anatomy.] The "principle of association of the like, which mirrors the logic of his [Aristotle's] times" (p. 70).