S1: | Our ancestors thought that anything which moved itself was alive. |
P : | The philosopher Descartes thought that both men and animals were machines. |
Q : | But a machine such as a motorcar or a steamship moves itself, as soon as machines which moved themselves had been made, people asked "Is man a machine?" |
R : | And before the days of machinery that was a good definition. |
S : | He also thought that the human machine was partly controlled by the soul action on a certain part of the brain, while animals had no souls. |
S6: | Therefore some scientists think that life is just a very complicated mechanism. |
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