Consciousness Quote by Ayn Rand

“Consciousness determines existence.”

— Michio Kaku

“But the reality of consciousness appears irreducible. Only consciousness can know itself—and directly, through first-person experience.”

— Sam Harris

Consciousness, for me, is a manifestation of complexity in biology. It's an emergent property.

— Gregory Stock

Existence is Identity, Consciousness is Identification.

— Ayn Rand

“Primary consciousness is a state of being aware of things in the world – of having mental images in the present.But it is not…

— James David Lewis-Williams

“If nothing exists, there can be no consciousness, a consciousness with nothing to be conscious of is a contradiction in terms. A consciousness conscious…

— Ayn Rand

No school of philosophy has ever solved this question of whether being determines consciousness or the other way around. It may be a false…

— Christopher Hitchens

“One of my principal theses is that in every case the nature of a being (contingent as well as essential nature) can, in principle,…

— Max Scheler

“Real existence" never appears for any kind of consciousness, since it is not a knowable object. Also, to identify and negate such an extrinsic,…

— Karl Brunnholzl

“They do not exist in their own right, but only have an existence dependent upon many factors, including a consciousness that conceptualizes them. Once…

— Dalai Lama XIV

The states of consciousness are all that psychology needs to do her work with. Metaphysics or theology may prove the Soul to exist; but…

— William James

“Conscious In psychodynamics, the adjective “conscious” takes the form of a noun and becomes “the conscious.” Animals and even plants may be said to…

— John G. Shobris