It must be visible or invisible, Invisible or visible or both: A seeing and unseeing in the eye. The weather and the giant of the weather, Say the weather, the mere weather, the mere air: An abstraction blooded, as a man by thought.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Reality and perception are intertwined; abstract concepts become real through human thought.
- In plain terms
- Things are seen or unseen, but thought makes ideas real.
- What can you take from it?
- Thought gives substance to abstract ideas.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does thinking change reality?
- Is anything truly invisible?
Another view
Some things remain invisible regardless of thought.
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