Any performance is discussable from the standpoint of what it attains or what it misses. Comprehensiveness can be discussed as superficiality, intensiveness as stricture, tolerance as uncertainty—and the poor pedestrian abilities of a fish are clearly explainable in terms of his excellence as a swimmer. A way of seeing is also a way of not seeing.
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| Birth: | 5th May, 1897 |
| Death: | 19th November, 1993 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Philosopher, Theorist |
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