KKC Theory WikiThe Doors of the Mind
“Classical model of the mind's defenses against pain”
Description§
The Doors of the Mind are a classical conception of how the mind protects itself from unbearable experience, which Kvothe describes as classical thinking. There are four: the Door of Sleep, the Door of Forgetting, the Door of Madness, and the Door of Death, the final resort beyond which nothing can hurt a person. They serve as a way of retreating from pain too great to face directly.
Relationships§
- Described By Kvothe — Kvothe describes them as classical thinking, a means of escaping unbearable pain
- Same As Four Doors of the Mind — The four doors: Sleep, Forgetting, Madness, and Death
Established facts§
- Comprise four doors: Sleep, Forgetting, Madness, and Death.
- The Door of Death is named the final resort.
- Described by Kvothe as classical thinking, a means of escaping unbearable pain.
Theories that reference this§
- plausible Kvothe Is Now Cut Off From the Doors of the Mind Like Haliax pop 88
- fringe The Four-Plate Door is Opened by Passing the Four Doors of the Mind pop 62
- fringe The Four-Plate Door is Opened by Passing the Four Doors of the Mind pop 62
- plausible Kvothe's Third Silence Is a Musical Caesura, the Pause Before Kote Dies pop 52