Iain McGilchrist





Iain McGilchrist

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Average rating: 4.33 · 216 ratings · 50 reviews · 3 distinct works · Similar authors
The Master and His Emissary...
4.36 of 5 stars 4.36 avg rating — 211 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions
The Divided Brain and the S...
3.4 of 5 stars 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions
Against Criticism
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1982

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“None of us actually lives as though there were no truth. Our problem is more with the notion of a single, unchanging truth.
The word 'true' suggest a relationship between things: being true to someone or something, truth as loyalty, or something that fits, as two surfaces may be said to be 'true.' It is related to 'trust,' and is fundamentally a matter of what one believes to be the case. The Latin word verum (true) is cognate with a Sanskrit word meaning to choose or believe: the option one chooses, the situation in which one places one's trust. Such a situation is not an absolute - it tells us not only about the chosen thing, but also about the chooser. It cannot be certain: it involves an act of faith and it involves being faithful to one's intentions.”
Iain McGilchrist, The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World

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