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Quotation from The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
“And we know that even from a given point of view the colour will seem different by artificial light, or to a colour-blind man, or to a man wearing blue spectacles”
The Problems of Philosophy, Chapter I (Project Gutenberg text)
Russell argues that the table has no single real colour, since its appearance depends on light, observer and position.
Citation: "And we know that even from a given point of view the colour will seem different by artificial light, or to a colour-blind man, or to a man wearing blue spectacles" — Bertrand Russell, The Problems of Philosophy, Chapter I (Project Gutenberg text). (id russell-problems-of-philosophy-q2)
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