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单词 conarium
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conariumn.

/kəʊˈnɛːrɪəm/
Forms: In 1600s also conarion.
Etymology: modern Latin < Greek κωνάριον, diminutive of κῶνος pine-cone.
The pineal gland of the brain (held by Descartes to be the seat of the soul).
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the mind > mental capacity > spirituality > [noun] > seat of soul
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1656 H. More Antidote Atheism (1712) i. xi. 33 Is it [the Spirits] themselves, or the Brain, or that particular piece of the Brain they call the Conarion or Pine-kernel?
1667 G. C. in H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) Pref. 12 This little sprunt Champion, called the Conarion, (or Nux pinea) within which the Soul is entirely cooped up.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Conarion, or Conoides,..Des Cartes takes occasion to suppose it the immediate Place, or Seat of the Soul.
1840 G. V. Ellis Demonstr. Anat. 45 The pineal body or conarium, of a greyish colour, is conical in form.
1880 J. P. Mahaffy Sketch Descartes 177 The soul..must be brought into contact with the body..in the conarium, or pineal gland.
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