“It is as if the stuff of which we are made were totally transparent and therefore imperceptible and as if the only appearances of which we can be aware are cracks and planes of fracture in that transparent matrix. Dreams and percepts and stories are perhaps cracks and irregularities in the uniform and timeless matrix. Was this what Plotinus meant by an 'invisible and unchanging beauty which pervades all things'?”
Quote by Gregory Bateson
Work
Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity
Browse quotes and source details for this work. more
Author
Gregory Bateson
Gregory Bateson was a prominent anthropologist whose research spanned across various fields such as culture, semiotics, systems theory, and cognitive science. His work has had a profound impact on interdisciplinary studies that followed. more
You May Also Like
“Isn't it ironic that being immortal would reveal the fool's errand of immortality?”
Source: The Gas Heart: The Dada Anti-Masterpiece of Drama
Source: Erotism: Death and Sensuality
“You have a world to conquer! Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.”
“Once you are committed to taking right actions, God is committed to bringing you right success.”