The Description of the Human Body soul. A sick or injured body does not do what we want or moves in ways we do not want. He believed the death of the body stopped it from being fit to bring about movement. This did not necessarily happen because the soul left the body. René Descartes believed the body could exist through mechanical means alone. This included digestion, blood circulation, muscle movement and some brain function. He felt we all know what the human body is like because animals have similar bodies and we have all seen them opened up. He saw the body as a machine.
Conard Fissure Conard Fissure The Conard Fissure is a geologic feature in Northern Arkansas where a deposit of Pleistocene fossils was discovered in 1903. Several specimens from saber-toothed cats were found there among other species. The fissure is located near the Buffalo National River in Boone County, Arkansas, approximately 15 miles south of the town of Harrison. It lies approximately one mile north of the river near the border of Newton and Boone County. The fissure is named after Waldo Conard who owned the land that the fissure is situated on. The original excavation of the Conard Fissure was performed by Barnum