The central assertion of this view, I repeat, is that each new stage of words literally created new perceptions and attentions, and such new perceptions and attentions resulted in important cultural changes which are reflected in the archaeological record.


Book I, Chapter 6, p. 132 (Italics as per text...) - The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (1976)

Julian Jaynes Quotes

The central assertion of this view, I repeat, is that each new stage of words literally created new perceptions and attentions, and such new...

The central assertion of this view, I repeat, is that each new stage of words literally created new perceptions and attentions, and such new...

The central assertion of this view, I repeat, is that each new stage of words literally created new perceptions and attentions, and such new...

The central assertion of this view, I repeat, is that each new stage of words literally created new perceptions and attentions, and such new...