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“My theory is that poems are written because of a state of emotional irritation. It may be present for some time before the poet is conscious of what is tormenting him. The emotional irritation springs, probably, from subconscious combinations of partly forgotten thoughts and feelings. Coming together, like electrical currents in a thunder storm, they produce a poem. ... the poem is written to free the poet from an emotional burden.”

Source: Mirror of the Heart: Poems of Sara Teasdale

“It may be true that only those minds which are habituated to think logically can safely trust their intuitive conclusions, on the theory that the subconscious level will do its kind of work as faithfully as the conscious does its kind.”

Thinking Mind Kind May Doe Levels Theory Conscious Conclusion Being True Subconscious Intuitive

Book:In defense of tradition: collected shorter writings of Richard M. Weaver, 1929-1963

Source: In defense of tradition: collected shorter writings of Richard M. Weaver, 1929-1963

“There is no scientific theory that could lead us from a detailed map of every single neuron in someone's brain to a conscious experience. We don't even have the beginnings of a theory whose conclusion would be "such a system is conscious.”

Would Be Brain Theory Conscious Conclusion Maps Neurons Scientific Theory

Author:Stuart J. Russell

“I don't think theory adds to criticism. (Methodology does, for better or worse.) Theory's function is to make criticism self-conscious, maybe even a little sheepish, about its ex cathedra pronouncements.”

Thinking Littles Doe Self Theory Conscious Criticism Function Add Exes Self Conscious Methodology

Author:Paul Fry

“I believe we should really take our own phenomenology more seriously. What a good theory of conscious must explain is the variance in this subjective sense of realness: There clearly is a phenomenology of "hyperrealness", for example during religious experiences or under the influence of certain psychoactive substances.”

Should Believe Certain I Believe Religious Influence Example Theory Conscious Substance Subjective Religious Experience Phenomenology Realness Variance

Author:Thomas Metzinger

“My theory is this: Women falter when they're called on to be highly self-conscious about their talents. Not when they're called on to enact them.”

Self Talent Theory Conscious Self Conscious

Author:Meghan O'Rourke

“It is on the acceptance or rejection of the theory of the Unity of all in Nature, in its ultimate Essence, that mainly rests the belief or unbelief in the existence around us of other conscious beings besides the Spirits of the Dead.”

Spirit Belief Existence Acceptance Theory Conscious Essence Ultimate Unity Rejection Unbelief

Book:The Origins of Self-Consciousness in The Secret Doctrine

Source: The Origins of Self-Consciousness in The Secret Doctrine