A tiny devil vitrified in a prism of glass. In the 18th century, the Imperial Treasury of Vienna attested that this was a real demon which had been trapped in glass during an exorcism in Germany a century earlier. From the Kunsthistorisches Museum Collection, Vienna
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I know this is nonsense, but you're clever enough to understand nonsense.
Iris Murdoch, from 'The Sea, the Sea'
Iris Murdoch, from 'The Sea, the Sea'
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The world you live in is not at all as you believe it to be, because actually it is not as you see it or sense it. You judge on the basis of the relation of your senses to all the objects surrounding you, and your senses beguile you infinitely more than you can imagine…There is no precision, no truth in their testimony.
Nicolas Malebranche, Dialogues on Metaphysics and Religion
Nicolas Malebranche, Dialogues on Metaphysics and Religion
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