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Samuel Alexander Quotes
The perceptive act is a reaction of the mind upon the object of which it is the perception.
Samuel Alexander

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Category:
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Date of Birth:
January 6, 1859
Date of Death:
September 13, 1938
Nationality:
Australian
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