

“The misconception which has haunted philosophic literature throughout the centuries is the notion of 'independent existence.' There is no such mode of existence; every entity is to be understood in terms of the way it is interwoven with the rest of the universe.”
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“We think in generalities, but we live in detail. To make the past live, we must perceive it in detail in addition to thinking of it in generalities.”
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“Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern.”
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“Nature is probably quite indifferent to the aesthetic preferences of mathematicians.”
― Science and the Modern World
― Science and the Modern World
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