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so:text The consciousness of brutes would appear to be related to the mechanism of their body simply as a collateral product of its working, and to be as completely without any power of modifying that working as the steam-whistle which accompanies the work of a locomotive engine is without influence upon its machinery. Their volition, if they have any, is an emotion indicative of physical changes, not a cause of such changes. (en)
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so:description On the Hypothesis that Animals are Automata, and Its History (1874) (en)
so:description 1870s (en)
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