Men ought to know that from nothing else but the brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs despondency, and lamentations. And by this, in an especial manner, we acquire wisdom and knowledge, and see and hear and know what are foul and what are fair, what are bad and what are good, what are sweet and what are unsavory......And by the same organ we become mad and delirious, and fears and …
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…diseases to allow us, the reader, to adventure into an unknown world. We, as normal people with no neurological disease, really have no concept of how devastating these circumstances can be to our life. Sacks, however, provides us with stories that make us appreciate our working brains. Thus it is extremely important to continue writing about the brain and its mysteries to inform the everyday person of the disasters that at some point may occur.