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“I think that it's important for people to read philosophy and literature is not because I think everyone should be a well-rounded human being, but because it will help you think better about what you are doing.”

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Siri Hustvedt

Siri Hustvedt is an American novelist born on February 19, 1955. Her works are known for their deep psychological insights and exploration of female experiences. Hustvedt's novels often blend philosophy, literature, and psychology, showcasing complex characters and inner worlds. more

“Our brain and our whole nervous system and our whole body are only created in relation to other people and to the environment. So what we have here is an enormously complex notion of both consciousness and unconsciousness. That's why these models get very difficult, because you can't reduce our subjective and intersubjective experience to neural reductions.”

People Difficult Brain Consciousness Environment Relation Nervous

Author:Siri Hustvedt

“Women really are not supposed to be imaginative. That creativity of this kind is supposed to belong to men. You know, because women make babies. I find the double standards shocking.”

Men Kind Creativity Baby Imaginative Double Standard

Author:Siri Hustvedt

“I think because mothers usually are the people who take care of us when we're little, and when we're little those mothers are omnipotent, perhaps men even more than women don't like to think about that dependency. That dependency is horror.”

People Thinking Men Care Mother Horror Take Care

Author:Siri Hustvedt

“Depression is when you think there's nothing to be done. Fortunately I always think there's something to be done.”

Thinking Done

Author:Siri Hustvedt