Julian Jaynes Quotes about Consciousness

Consciousness is always open to many possibilities because it involves play. It is always an adventure.

Consciousness is always open to many possibilities because it involves play. It is always an adventure.

Adventure, Play, Consciousness

Consciousness is a much smaller part of our mental life than we are conscious of, because we cannot be conscious of what we are not conscious of.

Julian Jaynes

Consciousness, Conscious

Julian Jaynes (2000). “The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind”, p.33, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

There is no such thing as a complete consciousness.

Julian Jaynes

Consciousness

Julian Jaynes (2000). “The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind”, p.291, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

For if consciousness is based on language, then it follows that it is of much more recent origin than has been heretofore supposed. Consciousness come after language! The implications of such a position are extremely serious.

Julian Jaynes

Serious, Language, Consciousness

Julian Jaynes (2000). “The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind”, p.76, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Our sense of justice depends on our sense of time. Justice is a phenomenon only of consciousness, because time spread out in a spatial succession is its very essence. And this is possible only in a spatial metaphor of time.

Julian Jaynes

Essence, Justice, Consciousness

Julian Jaynes (2000). “The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind”, p.290, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt