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The connection between that principle and Futurological Congress's assault on the distinction between “ reality ” and “ dream ” is pointed to in the following passage from “ The Sanatorium of Dr Vliperdius " : ... it would seem that ...
The connection between that principle and Futurological Congress's assault on the distinction between “ reality ” and “ dream ” is pointed to in the following passage from “ The Sanatorium of Dr Vliperdius " : ... it would seem that ...
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“ Reality , ” he says , “ is a very subjective affair ” : “ you can get nearer and nearer , so to speak , to reality ; but you can never get near enough because reality is an infinite succession of steps , levels of perception , false ...
“ Reality , ” he says , “ is a very subjective affair ” : “ you can get nearer and nearer , so to speak , to reality ; but you can never get near enough because reality is an infinite succession of steps , levels of perception , false ...
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The risk of such fluid imaginative strength is insanity because as reality seems most fluid , the characters ' imaginations can transform all reality into a selfreflecting mirror . Thus the more they are connected to the fluid world ...
The risk of such fluid imaginative strength is insanity because as reality seems most fluid , the characters ' imaginations can transform all reality into a selfreflecting mirror . Thus the more they are connected to the fluid world ...
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