Saturday, November 18, 2006

Phenomenology of Perception, III

"Suppose we construct, by the use of optics and geometry, that bit of the world which can at any moment throw its image on our retina. Everything outside its perimeter, since it does not reflect upon any sensitive area, no more affects our vision than does light falling on our closed eyes."

Merleau-Ponty, M. Phenomenology of Perception. Routledge & Kegan Paul/Humanities Press, 1966. Pg. 6

1 comment:

skuo said...

If we do not see, it does not exist.

So, in other words, if we do see anything, anything exists within the realm of possibility. Reality is completely subjective and entirely manipulatable.