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Composition
” The mind is a kind of theatre , where several perceptions successively make their appearance ; pass , repass , glide away , and mingle in an infinite variety of postures and situations. There is properly no simplicity in it at one time , nor identity in different ; whatever natural propension we may…
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Reflection
‘ If perception are distinct existences, they form a whole only by being connected together. But no connexions among distinct existences are ever discover by human understanding. We only feel a connexion or determination of thought, to pass from one object to another. It follows, therefore that the thought alone finds personal identity, when reflecting…
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Voyage
“We live under the shadow of gigantic question mark. Who are we ? Where do we come from ? Whither are we bound ? “ Slowly, but with persistent courage,we have been pushing this question mark further and further towards that distant line, beyond the horizon,,where we hope to find our andere. We have not…
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The sight
” If the eye is required to look at an object placed too near to it, it cannot judge of it well – as happens to a man who tries to see the tip of his nose. Hence , as a general rule, Nature teaches us that an object can never be seen perfectly unless…
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Vision
“What I call depth is either nothing,or else it is my participation in a Being without restriction,first and foremost a participation in the being of space beyond every particular point of view.Things encroach upon one another because they are outside one another.The proof of this is that i can see depth in a painting which…
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Dimension
“The ridiculous and amazing mistake people make is to believe they use words in relation to things. They are unaware of the nature of language – which is to be its own and only concern , making it so fertile and splendid a mystery. When someone talks just for sake of talking , he is…
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Pulsation
” There is no such thing as silence. Something is always happening that makes a sound ‘ – John Cage
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The concept of Nature
” It is an exhibition of the process of nature that each duration happens and passes. The process of nature can also be termed the “passage of nature’ . I definitely refrain at this stage from using the word ‘time’ , since the measurable time of science and of civilized life generally merely exhibits some…
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Duration
” Real duration is experienced ; we learn that time unfolds and , moreover , we are unable to measure it without converting it into space and without assuming all we know of it to be unfolded “ – Henri Bergson
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