rene descartes asserted that the mind was located in the heart.
rene descartes asserted that the mind was located in the heart.
who asserted that the mind was located in the heart?
rene descartes
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the childlike heart-mind ("tóng xīn"; 童心)"the childlike heart-mind is the genuine heart-mind. if one denies the childlike heart-mind, then he denies the genuine heart-mind. the childlike heart-mind is free of all falsehood and entirely genuine; it is the original mind at the very beginning of the first thought. -li zhi, “on the childlike heart-mind”"li zhi wrote a considerable amount on the “childlike heart-mind” ("tóng xīn"; 童心). although someone of a childlike heart-mind was once considered to be someone “naive, immature, and inexperienced in the ways of the world” – and thus “bound to come to a bad end” – li uses the term in a different sense, as evidenced by his reference to the 13th-century play "the western chamber" ("xixiang ji"). in this play, a scholar and a maiden develop a somewhat “forbidden” relationship, have a clandestine and passionate love affair, push through “traditional barriers” to their love, and finally marry. in the original telling (from the tang period, 7th-10th century ce), these same lovers have a short-lived, passionate romance which takes a sharp downward turn when the scholar decides to leave the maiden, leaving them both with no choice but to marry other people, although not out of “true love”. in referencing this, li argues for the ideals of the lovers in the "western chamber", the “spontaneity, genuineness, abundance in feeling, and passionate desire”. these are all aspects of li’s childlike heart-mind.
li zhi (philosopher)