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eminent philosopher among my friends, who can dignify even your ugly
furniture by lifting it into the serene light of science, has shown
me this pregnant little fact. Your pier-glass or extensive surface of
polished steel made to be rubbed by a housemaid, will be minutely and
multitudinously scratched in all directions; but place now against it
a lighted candle as a centre of illumination, and lo! the scratches
will seem to arrange themselves in a fine series of concentric
circles round that little sun. It is demonstrable that the scratches
are going everywhere impartially and it is only your candle which
produces the flattering illusion of a concentric arrangement, its
light falling with an exclusive optical selection. These things are a
parable. The scratches are events, and the candle is the egoism of
any person
I
would like to add somethiung but the last two sentences make the
fuction that usually makes my comment. The experiment can be done at
home even if you haven´t got a housemaid. I recommend this amazing
novel
