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Being is unrecognizable unless it manages to seem, and seeming is feeble unless it manages to be. (tr. P. E. Wheelwright, 1966)

τὸ μὲν εἶναι ἀφανὲς μὴ τυχὸν τοῦ δοκεῖν, τὸ δὲ δοκεῖν ἀσθενὲς μὴ τυχὸν τοῦ εἶναι.

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