We Live Equally Out Of Our Bodies

What We Take Anything To Be Profoundly Affects How We Go About Describing It, And How We Describe Something Profoundly Affects How We Go About Explaining, Accounting For, Or Understanding What Is What We Are, In A Sense, Defining, By Our Description.

The Condition Of Alienation, Of Being Asleep, Of Being Unconscious, Of Being Out Of One's Mind, Is The Condition Of The Normal Man.

Creative People Who Can't Help But Explore Other Mental Territories Are At Greater Risk, Just As Someone Who Climbs A Mountain Is More At Risk Than Someone Who Just Walks Along A Village Lane.

In A World Full Of Danger, To Be A Potentially Seeable Object Is To Be Constantly Exposed To Danger. Self-consciousness, Then, May Be The Apprehensive Awareness Of Oneself As Potentially Exposed To Danger By The Simple Fact Of Being Visible To Others. The Obvious Defence Against Such A Danger Is To Make Oneself Invisible In One Way Or Another.

A Man Who Says That Men Are Machines May Be A Great Scientist. A Man Who Says He Is A Machine Is 'depersonalized' In Psychiatric Jargon.