![]() ![]() ![]() Because of this imbalance, the rational left-brain view and behaviour continues to further exaggerate and promote itself at the expense of the intuitive right. The hypothesis is that, as a result of a 20thC backlash against left-right-brain pop-psychology, the true relationships between our deeply divided brains and the views of the world they give us has been ignored in mainstream knowledge about the world and our relationship with it.Īnd, whilst the right view recognises and understands the power of the left, the left view fails to notice why it even needs the right. ![]() McGilchrist demonstrates that “ the plight of modern humanity” – everywhere from individual mental health to the litany of global issues our culture seems unable to get to grips with – arises from this error. ![]() We have created a society that honours the servant and has forgotten the gift.” “The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. In Two Sentences (after A Einstein and A Eddington): My writings on Iain McGilchrist’s TMWT, and TME ( The Master and Emissary) before it, are many, but unfortunately that means that no single post, since my reading of TMWT, gives any introductory overview for a new reader. A Summary of Iain McGilchrist “The Matter With Things” ![]()
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