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cyborg culture / enlightenment

during the Age of Enlightenment, the sciences were also objecting human bodies in preference of the mind that was thought to hold ratio inside it. the body was an object, and it was thought to be made up of units that could be replaced with other objects. in medicine, for example, the practice of replacements of limbs underwent a strong development. the findings in various scientific practices played together and many scientists were striving to find durable replacements for body parts while totally separating the flesh from the mind, the soul or emotions. technology began more and more to enter the body, but was perceived as an object or as an extension of the body. the anatomy scetches became always more detailed and the scientific art went even so far as to perform dissections of corpses in medical theaters. Rembrandt painted a scene that he called "Anatomy Lession".

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