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The Sense (n.) are ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the source of all credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth.

The Sense (n.) work ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠within a medium span fitted to our existence: sharpen or blunt them tenfold and we would perish.

The Sense (n.) do ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not lie at all; the lies begin with what we do with their testimony — unity, substance, permanence.

Sense (n.) of ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a thing is found not in the thing but in the force that seizes it, exploits it, or is expressed in it.

The Sense (n.) lead ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠nowhere near truth; they play a groping game on the backs of things, gliding over surfaces and seeing only 'forms.'

The Sense (n.) have ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠been almost detached from thinking by the division of labour — once judging lived inside them, and earlier still desire and sense were one.

The Sense (n.) cannot ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠be trusted: 'Let neither your dull eyes, nor your ringing ears, nor your tongue guide you, but test everything by the force of your thought alone.'

The Sense (n.) serve ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠only a selection of perceptions, those we must concern ourselves with to survive; consciousness is present only to the extent that it is useful.

The Sense (n.) were ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠feared by the old philosophers as a southern island where their virtues might melt like snow; with wax in their ears they denied the music of life as sirens' song.

The Sense (n.) deserve ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠gratitude for their subtlety and power; we should repay them with the best we have of spirit — "desensualization" is misunderstanding, illness or hypocrisy.

The Sense (n.) offer ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠raw material that the intellect treats with no intention to truth but as if with a will to overpower, assimilate and consume, and our constant functions are egoistic, machiavellian, unscrupulous and subtle.