The whole world, then, can be read as a “symbol”—that is, a “copy,” as in a mirror that distorts an image or a portrait that merely sums up a likeness. When dealing with our earthly “images” or “copies” or “depictions,” we know that the real thing is better: because it is alive, in motion, has color and depth. And so, we must apply this to the cosmos. It is copy.
