“It is only in light that the colour of a thing is seen. Hence our first task
is to explain what light is.”
—Aristotle, De Anima (On the Soul), translated by J. A. Smith
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“It is only in light that the colour of a thing is seen. Hence our first task
is to explain what light is.”
—Aristotle, De Anima (On the Soul), translated by J. A. Smith
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