C. Zoltan Torey

Zoltan Torey was an Australian philosopher and author known for his work on consciousness and the mind, especially in relation to his personal experience of blindness. His most well-known books include The Crucible of Consciousness and Out of Darkness. Here are some notable quotes attributed to him:

Zoltan Torey Quotes

1. “Consciousness is not a thing, but a process—a dynamic, self-referential activity.”
   – The Crucible of Consciousness
2. “The brain does not produce consciousness the way a factory produces cars; it generates a virtual world, a model that includes a self-model, enabling introspection.”
   – The Crucible of Consciousness
3. “Losing sight did not mean losing insight. It meant building it differently.”
   – Out of Darkness
4. “I had to recreate the world in my head, not merely to imagine it, but to live in it as if it were sensually present.”
   – Out of Darkness
5. “What we call the self is the brain’s capacity to construct a model of its own operation, to turn its eye upon itself.”
   – The Crucible of Consciousness
6. “Adversity, if engaged creatively, can become a furnace in which the sense of self is tempered and clarified.”
   – (Paraphrased from interviews and Out of Darkness)
7. “Blindness didn’t take away my world; it made me responsible for rebuilding it.”
   – Out of Darkness

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