Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of

Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth. – Simone de Beauvoir

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The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our truths. – William James

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