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"What is the meaning of the togetherness of the perceiving mind, in that peculiar modification of perceiving which makes it perceive not a star but a tree, and the tree itself, is a problem for philosophy"
- Samuel Alexander
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Samuel Alexander
between January 6, 1859 and September 13, 1938. He/she was a famous
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