 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
The essential practical function of "consciousness" and "thought" is that they enable us to act with reference to what is distant in time or space, even though it is not at present stimulating our senses.
Source: The Analysis of Mind, 1921, Lecture XV. Characteristics of Mental Phenomena.
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