January 5, 2007

Great analogy on consciousness and brain-- Mind and Brain --

Via Mind Hacks, this quote from A Writer's Notebook by W. Somerset Maugham sums up my wonder at the physical basis of the brain better than anything I've ever read:

"The highest activities of consciousness have their origins in physical occurrences of the brain, just as the loveliest melodies are not too sublime to be expressed by notes."

Posted by bug to Mind and Brain at January 5, 2007 11:44 AM | TrackBack
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