The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World Free Audiobook Download by Iain Mcgilchrist

The Master and His Emissary is a book written by Iain McGilchrist, an author who has studied the topic of neuroscience. His main argument is that Western thought is divided in two: the rational mind which doesn't have any emotions or feelings and the intuitive, emotional mind. The rational mind is left to figure things out by reason alone and does so flawlessly, but it's all that there is. The intuitive, emotional mind can't be trusted because it has all these ideas about what things should do instead of what they actually do.

The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World is a book that explores how the Western world has been shaped by our modern view on human nature.

The Western world is divided. Into two compartments of the brain, one for our inner selves and the other for the external world. These two halves of our brain work together but often in conflict with one another. 'Dennis Kleinman's' portrayal of this division can be seen in his narration which has two distinct tones and lends to a sense of duality.

The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World by Iain Mcgilchrist is a compelling account of how the Western world became what it is today. It also explores many of the hidden influences that shaped our modern society. For example, In contrast to past beliefs about human nature, when discussing how our brains are divided into two halves; one that controls language and rationality, while the other serves to provide instinctual responses.

This is a very interesting book that took me away from the daily grind. Iain McGilchrist's story tells how primitive humans became civilized and created a civilized world.

The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World is an entertaining history of how our minds have been shaped by language, perception, and cognition.