They are at least proof of the inalienable part played, in the functioning of our complex vision, by sensation as an organ of research. But they have a further interest. They are an illuminating revelation of the inherent character and personal bias of the individual soul who is philosophizing. I suppose to a great many minds what we call "the universe" presents itself as a colossal circle, without any circumference, filled with an innumerable number of material objects floating in some thin attenuated ether. I suppose the centre of this circle with no circumference is generally assumed to be the "self" or "soul" of the person projecting this particular image.


Chapter I - The Complex Vision (1920)

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They are at least proof of the inalienable part played, in the functioning of our complex vision, by sensation as an organ of research. But they have ...

They are at least proof of the inalienable part played, in the functioning of our complex vision, by sensation as an organ of research. But they have ...

They are at least proof of the inalienable part played, in the functioning of our complex vision, by sensation as an organ of research. But they have ...

They are at least proof of the inalienable part played, in the functioning of our complex vision, by sensation as an organ of research. But they have ...