Language, that most human invention, can enable what, in principle, should not be possible. It can allow all of us, even the congenitally blind, to see with another person’s eyes.

Oliver Sacks

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Topic

Language Empathy Interconnectedness of all people The human condition

Author

Oliver Sacks

Source

The Mind's Eye

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

Occupation

Scientist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Sacks, Oliver. The Mind's Eye. Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.

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As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
For the wind passes over it, and it is gone, And its place remembers it no more.

Psalm 103:15-16

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Topic
Ephemeral nature of life Shortness of life The human condition
Source
Psalms The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Hebrew
Time
450 BC 450s BC 5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Psalm 103:15-16).