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Encephalon

noun
(pl. encephala)
1.
That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord.  Synonym: brain.



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... will not bring us an inch nearer to the explanation of the fundamental nature of sensation." Finally, Du Bois Reymond, in his famous discussion in 1880, on the seven enigmas of the world, speaks somewhat as follows: "The astronomical knowledge of the encephalon, that is, the most intimate to which we can aspire, only reveals to us matter in motion. But no arrangement nor motion of material particles can act as a bridge by which we can cross over into the domain ...
— The Mind and the Brain - Being the Authorised Translation of L'me et le Corps • Alfred Binet
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