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Lucretius (Book Three, lines 800-2):
It's really quite stupid to suppose
That mortal and immortal can be joined
And feel as one and act upon each other.

Remarkably, this "stupid" idea became a mainstream of Western philosophy thanks to Rene Descartes.

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