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Jorge Luis Borges

“To see a thing one has to comprehend it. An armchair presupposes the human body, its joints and limbs; a pair of scissors, the act of cutting. What can be said of a lamp or a car? The savage cannot comprehend the missionary’s Bible; the passenger does not see the same rigging as the sailors. If we really saw the world, maybe we would understand it.”

Jorge Luis Borges, The Book of Sand and Shakespeare's Memory
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The Book of Sand and Shakespeare's Memory The Book of Sand and Shakespeare's Memory by Jorge Luis Borges
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