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> [Conscious mind is a spatial analog of the world and mental acts are analogs of bodily acts. Consciousness operates only on objectively…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-jaynes/conscious-mind-is-a-spatial-analog-of-the-world-and-mental-acts-are/)

[Julian Jaynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-jaynes/)

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> [We have said that consciousness is an operation rather than a thing, a repository, or a function. It operates by way of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-jaynes/we-have-said-that-consciousness-is-an-operation-rather-than-a-thing-a/)

[Julian Jaynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-jaynes/)

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> [Subjective conscious mind is an analog of what is called the real world. It is built up with a vocabulary or lexical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-jaynes/subjective-conscious-mind-is-an-analog-of-what-is-called-the-real/)

[Julian Jaynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-jaynes/)

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## Other authors on Analog

## More by Julian Jaynes

> [Every god is a jealous god after the breakdown of the bicameral mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-jaynes/every-god-is-a-jealous-god-after-the-breakdown-of-the-bicameral-mind/)

[Julian Jaynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-jaynes/)

> [“The unlocatable location of things thought about”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-jaynes/the-unlocatable-location-of-things-thought-about/)

[Julian Jaynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-jaynes/)

> [Indeed, it is sometimes almost as if the problem had to be forgotten to be solved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-jaynes/indeed-it-is-sometimes-almost-as-if-the-problem-had-to-be-forgotten/)

[Julian Jaynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-jaynes/)

> [We are greatly in need of specific research in this area of schizophrenic experience to help us understand Mesolithic man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-jaynes/we-are-greatly-in-need-of-specific-research-in-this-area-of/)

[Julian Jaynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-jaynes/)

> [Idolatry is still a socially cohesive force - its original function.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-jaynes/idolatry-is-still-a-socially-cohesive-force-its-original-function/)

[Julian Jaynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-jaynes/)

> [We know to much to command ourselves very far.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-jaynes/we-know-to-much-to-command-ourselves-very-far/)

[Julian Jaynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-jaynes/)

> [Conscious mind is a spatial analog of the world and mental acts are analogs of bodily acts. Consciousness operates only on objectively observable things.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-jaynes/conscious-mind-is-a-spatial-analog-of-the-world-and-mental-acts-are/)

[Julian Jaynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-jaynes/)

> [Our search for certainty rests in our attempts at understanding the history of all individual selves and all civilizations. Beyond that, there is only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-jaynes/our-search-for-certainty-rests-in-our-attempts-at-understanding-the/)

[Julian Jaynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-jaynes/)

> [Civilization is the art of living in towns of such size the everyone does not know everyone else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-jaynes/civilization-is-the-art-of-living-in-towns-of-such-size-the-everyone/)

[Julian Jaynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-jaynes/)

> [The legend of the parting of the Red Sea probably refers to tidal changes in the Sea of Reeds related to the Thera eruption.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-jaynes/the-legend-of-the-parting-of-the-red-sea-probably-refers-to-tidal/)

[Julian Jaynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-jaynes/)

> [“Logic is the science of the justification of conclusions we have reached by natural reasoning. My point is that, for such natural reasoning to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-jaynes/logic-is-the-science-of-the-justification-of-conclusions-we-have/)

[Julian Jaynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-jaynes/)

> [“O, what a world of unseen visions and heard silences, this insubstantial country of the mind! What ineffable essences, these touchless rememberings and unshowable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-jaynes/o-what-a-world-of-unseen-visions-and-heard-silences-this/)

[Julian Jaynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-jaynes/)

> [If we would understand the Scientific Revolution correctly, we should always remember that its most powerful impetus was the unremitting search for hidden divinity.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-jaynes/if-we-would-understand-the-scientific-revolution-correctly-we-should/)

[Julian Jaynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-jaynes/)

> [“Memory is the medium of the must-have-been.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-jaynes/memory-is-the-medium-of-the-must-have-been/)

[Julian Jaynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-jaynes/)

> [This breakdown in the bicameral mind in what is called the Intermediate Period is reminiscent at least of those periodic breakdowns of Mayan civilizations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-jaynes/this-breakdown-in-the-bicameral-mind-in-what-is-called-the/)

[Julian Jaynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-jaynes/)

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