“Indeed I have begun in this fashion, and place great importance on this opening chapter, for unless you are here convinced that a civilization without consciousness is possible, you will find the discussion that follows unconvincing and paradoxical.” — Julian Jaynes Copy Share Image
Indeed, it is sometimes almost as if the problem had to be forgotten to be solved. — Julian Jaynes Copy Share
We are greatly in need of specific research in this area of schizophrenic experience to help us understand Mesolithic man. — Julian Jaynes Copy Share
Conscious mind is a spatial analog of the world and mental acts are analogs of bodily acts. Consciousness operates only on objectively observable things.… — Julian Jaynes Copy Share
Our search for certainty rests in our attempts at understanding the history of all individual selves and all civilizations. Beyond that, there is only… — Julian Jaynes Copy Share
Civilization is the art of living in towns of such size the everyone does not know everyone else. — Julian Jaynes Copy Share
The legend of the parting of the Red Sea probably refers to tidal changes in the Sea of Reeds related to the Thera eruption. — Julian Jaynes Copy Share
“Logic is the science of the justification of conclusions we have reached by natural reasoning. My point is that, for such natural reasoning to… — Julian Jaynes Copy Share
“O, what a world of unseen visions and heard silences, this insubstantial country of the mind! What ineffable essences, these touchless rememberings and unshowable… — Julian Jaynes Copy Share
If we would understand the Scientific Revolution correctly, we should always remember that its most powerful impetus was the unremitting search for hidden divinity.… — Julian Jaynes Copy Share
This breakdown in the bicameral mind in what is called the Intermediate Period is reminiscent at least of those periodic breakdowns of Mayan civilizations… — Julian Jaynes Copy Share
