Distinguish clearly these bitter yet fertile human truths, flesh of our flesh, and admit them heroically:
- the mind of man can perceive appearances only, and never the essence of things;
- and not all appearances but only the appearances of matter;
- and more narrowly still: not even these appearances of matter, but only relationships between them;
- and these relationships are not real and independent of man, for even these are his creations;
- and they are not the only ones humanly possible, but simply the most convenient for his practical and perceptive needs.
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