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Book Description
Two classic complete books -- "The Doors of Perception (originally published in
1954) and "Heaven and Hell (originally published in 1956) -- in which Aldous ...
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- English Books
- Others 185 Pages
- ISBN-10: 1417628596
- ISBN-13: 9781417628599
- Publisher: Bt Bound
- Pub date: May 01, 2004
- Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover and eBook
- In other languages: other languages
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Guy M. Montag 
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"Each person is at each moment capable of remembering all that has ever happened to him and of perceiving everything that is happening everywhere in the universe. The function of the brain and nervous system is to protect us from being overwhelmed and confused by this mass of largely u ... (continue)
Extract:
"Each person is at each moment capable of remembering all that has ever happened to him and of perceiving everything that is happening everywhere in the universe. The function of the brain and nervous system is to protect us from being overwhelmed and confused by this mass of largely useless and irrelevant knowledge, by shutting out most of what we should otherwise perceive or remember at any moment, and leaving only that very small and especial selection which is likely to be practically useful"
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