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A Thing (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠never just one thing in itself: call it large and it shows itself small, call it heavy and it turns out light.

Thing (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠for Plato always something other than what it is — it can only lay claim to a quality, and only as far as it shares in the Idea.

The Thing (n.) has ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the quality of vision. Because a garment can be seen, therefore it has the quality of vision. But what can they see'.

A Thing (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not seen because it is visible, but visible because it is seen, just as a thing is not carried because it is in the state of carrying, but is in the state of carrying because it is being carried.

A Thing (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not seen because it is visible, but visible because it is seen. A thing is not carried because it is in the state of being carried, it is in the state of being carried because it is carried. Even with the hardest of things, they are formed out of our reciprocal inter-actions with them rather than out of any properties that precede interaction.