Descartes Animals Machines Quotes & Sayings
Enjoy reading and share 1 famous quotes about Descartes Animals Machines with everyone.
Top Descartes Animals Machines Quotes
Descartes said that animals were automata. I have always been certain that it was the threat of torture that stopped him saying the same held true for human beings. Neither I nor Matthew had time for souls. That we were intricate chemical machines never diminished our sense of wonder, our reverence for Vermeer and for Monet, our floating bodies in the salty water, our evanescent joy before the dying of the light. — Peter Carey