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“When the object is perceived as particular and unique and not merely the member of a family, when it appears independent of any general notion and detached from the sanity of a cause, isolated and inexplicable in the light of ignorance, then and only then may it be a source of enchantment.”

May Art Light Causes Objects Ignorance Particular Source Members Unique Independent Notion Sanity Isolated Detached Enchantment Inexplicable

Book:The collected works of Samuel Beckett

Source: The collected works of Samuel Beckett

“The real, then, is that which, sooner or later, information and reasoning would finally result in, and which is therefore independent of the vagaries of me and you. Thus, the very origin of the conception of reality shows that this conception essentially involves the notion of a COMMUNITY, without definite limits, and capable of a definite increase of knowledge.”

Real Shows Reality Community Results Information Limits Capable Increase Independent Notion Reasoning Conception Realism Sooner Or Later Definite Pragmatism Reality Shows

Book:Selected Writings (Values in a Universe of Chance)

Source: Selected Writings (Values in a Universe of Chance)

“We have reversed the usual classical notion that the independent "elementary parts" of the world are the fundamental reality, and that the various systems are merely particular contingent forms and arrangements of these parts. Rather, we say that inseparable quantum interconnectedness of the whole universe is the fundamental reality, and that relatively independent behaving parts are merely particular and contingent forms within this whole.”

World Whole Reality Form Universe Particular Independent Fundamentals Notion Various Usual Quantum Arrangements Inseparable Interconnectedness

Author:David Bohm

“You know, this idea of going around the world imposing democracy by growing a middle-class, a trading merchant class that is independent of your faith, is a good notion, but we're all partially different - it's no good imposing systems on people that it doesn't suit.”

People Knows World Ideas Different Class Democracy Growing Middle Independent Notion Suits Around The World Middle Class Trading Merchants Imposing

Author:Damian Lewis

“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.”

Way Universe Literature Term Existence Century Understood Independent Notion Entity Misconception Philosophic

Book:Science and Philosophy

Source: Science and Philosophy

“If things do not exist as fixed, independent entities, then how can they die? Our notion of death as the sudden expiration of that which was once so real starts to unwind. If things do not exist in their own right and are flickering rather than static, then we can no longer fear their ultimate demise. We may fear their instability, or their emptiness, but the looming threat of death starts to seem absurd. Things are constantly dying, we find. Or rather, they are constantly in flux, arising and passing away with each moment of consciousness.”

Ifs May Real Moments Seems Dies Consciousness Dying Ultimate Independent Threat Notion Passing Absurd Passings Fixed Emptiness Entity Static Passing Away Demise Instability Flux Unwind Looming

Author:Mark Epstein