A thinker from this country wrote about the lives and deaths of two chameleons that she was given by an ambassador in Alexandria in a work that presents a vitalist (-5[1])theory of animal life. Frederick the Great delivered a eulogy for a philosopher from this country who was sheltered by the Prussian court after publishing controversial ideas (10[1])about the continuity between humans (-5[1])and animals. Mechanistic early modern philosophers (-5[1])from this country include the authors of Man a Machine (10[1])and (10[1])Syntagma (-5[1])Philosophicum, (10[2])the latter of whom (10[1])tried to reconcile Epicurean atomism with Christian philosophy. (10[1])The “beast machine” doctrine was introduced by a philosopher from this country whose book Passions of the Soul presents (10[1])the (10[1])pineal (10[1])gland (10[2]-5[1])as the seat (10[2])of the soul. (10[2])For 10 points, name this home country of René Descartes. (10[1])■END■ (10[5])