"The observer when he seems to himself to be observing a stone is really observing the..." - Bertrand Russell

🌿 Nature

“The observer when he seems to himself to be observing a stone is really observing the effects of the stone upon himself.”

— Bertrand Russell

Russell reveals that our experience of nature is always mediated through our own perception.

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