"Attention may sound dull, but it is an……" — Iain McGilchrist
"Attention may sound dull, but it is an essential aspect of consciousness. In fact, it governs what it is that we turn out to be conscious of, and therefore plays a part in the coming into being of whatever exists for us."
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16 Quotes by Iain McGilchrist
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We bring about a world in consciousness that is partly what is given, and partly what we bring, something that…
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Socialism and capitalism are both essentially materialist, just different ways of approaching the lifeless world of matter and deciding how…
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Over recent years, urbanisation, globalisation and the destruction of local cultures has led to a rise in the prevalence of…
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The nature of creativity is to make space for things to happen... We can drive it out with our busyness…
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The imperial vastness of late Roman architecture was made possible by the invention of concrete.
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In Shakespeare, unique individuals repudiate the stereotypes demanded by the structure of the play: Shylock commands our sympathy, Barnardine refuses…
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Perspective in art has receded along with harmony in music: We tend more and more to see the world as…
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I trained in medicine after pursuing an academic career in the humanities, mainly because of my interest in the relationship…
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The truth, it is said, is rarely pure or simple, yet genetics can at times seem seductively transparent.
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We have 26,000 genes. But a blind, millimetre-long roundworm with only 959 cells in total already has over 19,000.
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Hunters and trackers learn not only to understand intellectually a bunch of facts about the animal they follow, but to…
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To understand something, whether we are aware of it or not, depends on choosing a model. We get to understand…
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The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
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Every aspect of human technology has a dark side, including the bow and arrow.
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I'm a total control freak and love to participate in the design of every single aspect of life.
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Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face,…
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It's really a sad story, and I liked that. The songs on this album talk about relationships in every aspect.
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We think that democracy can change a lot of things, but we're being fooled, because democracy is not the election.…
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