We do not belong to this material world that science constructs for us. We are not in it; we are outside. We are only spectators. The reason why we believe that we are in it, that we belong to the picture, is that our bodies are in the picture.
Wave mechanics
Philosophical reflection on consciousness and the objective world.
Mid 20th century
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Controversial