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Ongoing Lucidity · 05-26-2002, 12:09 AM

Hi all,

I'm writing an essay on the functions of government atm and I came up with this analogy of the human body.

For the parliament/senate I need to find a part of the human body that represents the interpretation of thought into action. As it's not really my disipline I'm stumped and dont know the first place to look. Any suggestions or ideas?

thanks in advance

-Ashley

Gurdur · 05-26-2002, 01:45 AM

How about <a href="http://www.anatomy.wisc.edu/cere/text/cere/contents.htm" target="_blank">the cerebellum</a>, responsible for fine-motor control ?

Vorkosigan · 05-26-2002, 04:15 AM

Hobbes did all this years ago. Anyway, Congress is more like the cloaca than the cerebellum

Vorkosigan

Ongoing Lucidity · 05-26-2002, 05:34 AM

Ah yes, the cerebellum, that's what I was looking for..

Hobbes has done this already? Do you remember was work it was in? It would be nice to see for comparitve purposes.

I came up with the idea after I got tired of a bunch of writers referencing Walter Bagehot and his obsolete idea of cabinet as a belt buckle

David Bowden · 05-26-2002, 10:19 PM

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Originally posted by Ongoing Lucidity:
<strong>Hobbes has done this already? Do you remember was work it was in? It would be nice to see for comparitve purposes.</strong>

Hobbes' Leviathan is the work in question. Here's an online, searchable copy:

<a href="http://www.orst.edu/instruct/phl302/texts/hobbes/leviathan-contents.html" target="_blank">http://www.orst.edu/instruct/phl302/texts/hobbes/leviathan-contents.html</a>

-Wanderer

05-26-2002, 12:09 AM	#1
Ongoing Lucidity Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Brisbane Australia Posts: 19	plz help! Hi all, I'm writing an essay on the functions of government atm and I came up with this analogy of the human body. For the parliament/senate I need to find a part of the human body that represents the interpretation of thought into action. As it's not really my disipline I'm stumped and dont know the first place to look. Any suggestions or ideas? thanks in advance -Ashley

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05-26-2002, 01:45 AM	#2
Gurdur Contributor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Buggered if I know Posts: 12,410	How about <a href="http://www.anatomy.wisc.edu/cere/text/cere/contents.htm" target="_blank">the cerebellum</a>, responsible for fine-motor control ?

05-26-2002, 04:15 AM	#3
Vorkosigan Contributor Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Barrayar Posts: 11,866	Hobbes did all this years ago. Anyway, Congress is more like the cloaca than the cerebellum Vorkosigan

05-26-2002, 05:34 AM	#4
Ongoing Lucidity Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Brisbane Australia Posts: 19	Ah yes, the cerebellum, that's what I was looking for.. Hobbes has done this already? Do you remember was work it was in? It would be nice to see for comparitve purposes. I came up with the idea after I got tired of a bunch of writers referencing Walter Bagehot and his obsolete idea of cabinet as a belt buckle

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