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... things . Yes , he said , the difference is only apparent . Now let me ask you another question : Which is the art of painting designed to be - an imitation of things as they are , or as they appear - of ap- pearance or of reality ? Of ...
... things . Yes , he said , the difference is only apparent . Now let me ask you another question : Which is the art of painting designed to be - an imitation of things as they are , or as they appear - of ap- pearance or of reality ? Of ...
Page 83
... things are comprehended . For the profit of the things to be said secures benev- olence , their wondrous nature attention , their being possible docility . He gives their profitableness to be understood , when he declares that he is ...
... things are comprehended . For the profit of the things to be said secures benev- olence , their wondrous nature attention , their being possible docility . He gives their profitableness to be understood , when he declares that he is ...
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... things which he who thence descends cannot relate " ; and he tells the reason , saying that " the intellect is so engulfed " in the very thing for which it longs , which is God , " that memory cannot follow . " To understand which things ...
... things which he who thence descends cannot relate " ; and he tells the reason , saying that " the intellect is so engulfed " in the very thing for which it longs , which is God , " that memory cannot follow . " To understand which things ...
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