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Murray Gell-MannThe Quark and the Jaguarxiii |
Nietzsche introduced the distiction between...
Nietzsche introduced the distinction between “Apollonians,” wo favor logic, the analytical approach, and a dispassionate weighing of evidence, and “Dionysians,” who lean more toward intuition, synthesis and passion. These traits are sometimes described as correlating very roughly with emphasis on the use of the left and right brain respectively. But some of us seem to belong to another category: “Odysseans,” who combine the two predilections in their quest for connections among ideas.