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L'Œil et l'Esprit by Maurice Merleau-Ponty
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it was amazing
bookshelves: psychology, philosophy, theory

The limit of perception is the greatest curse of man.

I have such a struggle at the point of accessing objective and subjective information, knowing it, not knowing it, that our perceptual reactions and reflexes that we put forward against the events developing in our daily life tell us what our limit is.
To reach information, then to know it by adopting the information as well as to know the information and to reflect the information to oneself as a means of change, to perceive it, to expand the field of perception also requires a perception. Ponty deals with this curse in his book and tells us about being able to "see" in body-soul balance. Processing the philosophy of seeing, he refers to the objective and subjective value of the experience that takes place while acquiring knowledge.

In particular, our author, who has progressed by considering art, has described the experience in the method of expression of the work of art, the limit of the artist's perception, the level of perception of the art lover in a single pen. There are references again about how immanent art is with life, how transcendental potential (i.e. perceptual development) will be achieved through the performance of art. At least let me say that according to my perception. After all, this is a level of perception.

I especially liked the fact that he shaped his book by putting forward a serious philosophical ide. If he had described his vision* action uniformly, maybe I wouldn't have even felt the need to write this review. However, it is very nice that he talked about the soul-body relationship with a philosophical perspective of pantheistic origin and the potential of human vision and perception. However, I should also note that the translation is not very successful. He pauses every once in a Decadent moment. I wish pleasant readings to the interested person already.
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January 22, 2023 – Shelved
January 22, 2023 – Shelved as: psychology
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