"If we would understand the Scientific Revolution correctly, we should always remember that its most powerful impetus was the unremitting search for hidden divinity. As such, it is a direct descendant of the breakdown of the bicameral mind."

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Source : Maurice Ravel, Arbie Orenstein (1990). “A Ravel Reader: Correspondence, Articles, Interviews”, p.42, Courier Corporation

Julian Jaynes

#Powerful Quotes #Mind Quotes #Divinity Quotes

“Beauty in all things-no, we cannot hope for that; but some place set apart for it.”
“Free markets select for winning solutions.”
“GE is the biggest polluter of the Hudson.. years ago they killed all the fish dumping millions of lbs. of pcb's into our waterways. Now let's make them pay for the cleanup.”
“I'm gonna have to develop myself. I'm just going to do the best that I can do.”
“Once you are over 30, 35 years old, I think everyone should get down to the gym and start moving again.”
“I try not to be sentimental and obsessive about possessions. I love collecting, but I hate owning.”
“I know the pressures of being the daughter of a great actress. But it's inspiring. You learn so much that other people don't get to learn until later on. My father being a director, I learnt a real work ethic.”
“Give thy thoughts no tongue.”

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