To see through the illusion of duality, remember that fear and darkness have no substance in themselves, for they do not indicate the presence of a second universal force, but are only names given to the one Light unperceived.
The destruction of sight, wherever the injuries be sustained, followsthe same law: all colors are aected in the _st place,and lose theirsaturation. Then the spectrum is simpli_d, being reduced to four andsoon to two colors; _ally a grey monochrome stage is reached,although the pathological color is never identi_ble with any normalone. Thus in central as in peripheral lesions __he loss of nervous substance results not only in a de_iency of certain qualities, but in thechange to a less dierentiated and more primitive structure_.
Phenomenology of Perception
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The destruction of sight, wherever the injuries be sustained, followsthe same law: all colors are aected in the _st place,and lose theirsaturation. Then the spectrum is simpli_d, being reduced to four andsoon to two colors; _ally a grey monochrome stage is reached,although the pathological color is never identi_ble with any normalone. Thus in central as in peripheral lesions __he loss of nervous substance results not only in a de_iency of certain qualities, but in thechange to a less dierentiated and more primitive structure_.
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