"In Shakespeare, unique individuals repudiate the stereotypes demanded……" — Iain McGilchrist
"In Shakespeare, unique individuals repudiate the stereotypes demanded by the structure of the play: Shylock commands our sympathy, Barnardine refuses to be hanged. Individuals trump the category."
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16 Quotes by Iain McGilchrist
Iain McGilchrist has 16 quotes on this site.
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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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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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Attention may sound dull, but it is an essential aspect of consciousness. In fact, it governs what it is that…
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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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More Category Quotes
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I think there are going to be a bunch of tablet-like devices. It's really a different product category.
— Jeff Bezos
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Intelligence is a moral category.
— Theodor Adorno
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Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category.
— Theodor Adorno
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I earned two Emmy nominations for writing, and two of the shows I had written were nominated for best in…
— Rita Mae Brown
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And there is a time where you can be beyond yourself. You can be better than your technique. You can…
— Dave Brubeck
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I'm listening to a lot of Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, and Rihanna. A lot of pop female artists. I have…
— Steve Carell
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I have two different categories of favorite films. One is the emotional favorites, which means these are generally films that…
— John Carpenter
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In America, the professor talks to the mechanic. They are in the same category.
— Noam Chomsky
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The government of Israel doesn't like the kinds of things I say, which puts them into the same category as…
— Noam Chomsky
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I'm only two years older than Brad Pitt, but I look a lot older, which used to greatly frustrate me.…
— George Clooney
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If being an attractive woman got you attention for directing, then the entire 'best director' category would be comprised of…
— Diablo Cody
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I am very clear that I am not a feminist. It puts you into a category and I don't like…
— Marina Abramovic
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