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Quotation from The World as Will and Representation by Arthur Schopenhauer
“what he knows is not a sun and an earth, but only an eye that sees a sun, a hand that feels an earth”
The World as Will and Representation, First Book, §1, trans. R. B. Haldane and J. Kemp (1883-1886)
Schopenhauer illustrates the dependence of the known world on a knowing subject and its senses.
Citation: "what he knows is not a sun and an earth, but only an eye that sees a sun, a hand that feels an earth" — Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, First Book, §1, trans. R. B. Haldane and J. Kemp (1883-1886). (id the-world-as-will-and-representation-q2)
Portrait: Arthur Schopenhauer by J Schäfer, 1859b, Johann Schäfer, Public domain.
