Author: Iain McGilchrist

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I trained in medicine after pursuing an academic career in the humanities, mainly because of my interest in the relationship between mind and body, and between mind and brain.

I trained in medicine after pursuing an academic career in the humanities, mainly because of my interest in the relationship between mind and body, and between mind and brain.

- Iain McGilchrist

The world appears rectilinear, but is in fact curvilinear - a literal truth in physics, and a metaphorical one in metaphysics.

The world appears rectilinear, but is in fact curvilinear - a literal truth in physics, and a metaphorical one in metaphysics.

- Iain McGilchrist

Perspective in art has receded along with harmony in music: We tend more and more to see the world as a heap of intrinsically meaningless fragments.

Perspective in art has receded along with harmony in music: We tend more and more to see the world as a heap of intrinsically meaningless fragments.

- Iain McGilchrist

The truth, it is said, is rarely pure or simple, yet genetics can at times seem seductively transparent.

The truth, it is said, is rarely pure or simple, yet genetics can at times seem seductively transparent.

- Iain McGilchrist

The nature of creativity is to make space for things to happen... We can drive it out with our busyness and plans.

The nature of creativity is to make space for things to happen... We can drive it out with our busyness and plans.

- Iain McGilchrist

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