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... actually part of the percept . We do not see a partial sphere but a complete sphere . And so intimately is knowledge wedded to observation that while we look at a person's face the unseen hair on the back of the head is part of the ...
... actually part of the percept . We do not see a partial sphere but a complete sphere . And so intimately is knowledge wedded to observation that while we look at a person's face the unseen hair on the back of the head is part of the ...
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... actually approaches a human body or a tree with no other motive than to " it " and it is doubtful that before the nineteenth century anyone copy has actually tried to , although almost everyone asserted that this was all he was doing he ...
... actually approaches a human body or a tree with no other motive than to " it " and it is doubtful that before the nineteenth century anyone copy has actually tried to , although almost everyone asserted that this was all he was doing he ...
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... Actually this type of representa- tion has several visual advantages . Not only does it maintain the symmetry of the whole and expose both side faces to the observer , but it also produces a top face with two obtuse angles in front . In ...
... Actually this type of representa- tion has several visual advantages . Not only does it maintain the symmetry of the whole and expose both side faces to the observer , but it also produces a top face with two obtuse angles in front . In ...
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