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“Kant’s idea about experience implies that it is the only measure of appearances or “reality” as presented to us and not as it necessarily is. Reality, as we experience it, is an illusion. The world we experience is the world of appearances or the sensible world, and the world beyond our reach, beyond the possibility of experience, is the intelligible world.”

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Dejan Stojanovic, born on March 11, 1959, is a Serbian poet known for his profound emotions and unique style in his poetry, which has won the hearts of readers worldwide. more

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