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Ideas of Hippocrates, by Text

[Greek, c.470 - 410 BCE, Born at Chios. Aeschylus the tragedian was his pupil.]

430BCE

Hippocrates of Cos on the mind

p.32	p.32	23217	All of our happiness and misery arises entirely from the brain
			Full Idea: Men ought to know that from the brain, and from the brain alone, arise our pleasures, joys, laughter and jests, as well as our sorrow, pains, griefs and tears.
			From: Hippocrates (Hippocrates of Cos on the mind [c.430 BCE], p.32)
			A reaction: If this could be assertedly so confidently at that date, why was the fact so slow to catch on? Brain injuries should have convinced everyone.