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The Pineal gland (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠where Descartes lodged the soul, hanging in the brain so the slightest motion of animal spirits could tip it — a hypothesis beside which the scholastics' occult qualities look commonplace.