"A picture of a complete apple tree, however accurate, is in a certain sense much less like the tree itself than is a little daisy."

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian Philosopher

Nature, Perspective, Truth, Perception

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"A picture of a complete apple tree, however accurate, is in a certain sense much less like the tree itself than is a little daisy."

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