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is a difference which, in itself, is no difference.

and hence the senSUOllS world is for it an enduring existence Which, however, is only (lppearance, or a difference which, in itself, is no difference. (hegel 'phenomenology' 105)

Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen. Anaxagoras

is also a phenomena, and it also shows itself, but its being is always a reference masking some other kind of being.

The phenomenon of appearance also shows itself, but its Being is always a reference masking some other kind of Being. [ref. 7, page 54] (munday)

is either things as they appear in the mind, or as things as they appear as such (be that in the mind or otherwise).

On one reading of Kant, appearances are in the mind, mental states of subjects. On another reading, appearances are things as they appear, worldly objects considered in a certain way. Both of these understandings of the nature of phenomena can be found in the phenomenological literature. However, the most common view is that all of the major phenomenologist construe phenomena in the latter way: phenomena are things as they appear. (stanford:phen)

is hard work. If one were to take as much pains to be what one ought, as one does to deceive others by disguising what one is... one might appear as one is without being at the trouble of any disguise.

If we took as much pains to be what we ought, as we do to deceive others by disguising what we are... we might appear as we are, without being at the trouble of any disguise. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

is relative. If you want to look young and thin, hang around old fat people.

If you want to look young and thin, hang around old fat people.

Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal. Oscar Wilde

is inherently deceptive. Nothing is like it seems, but everything is exactly like it is.

Nothing is like it seems, but everything is exactly like it is. Yogi Berra

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