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Since a thing cannot be known directly or totally, one can only attune to it, with greater or lesser degrees of intimacy.
Timothy Morton
Timothy Morton
Born: Jun 19, 1968

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Intimacy, Degrees, Totally, Only, Directly, Since, Known, Greater, Cannot, Lesser, Thing

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