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- From: cash@convex.com (Peter Cash)
- Subject: Re: Eyes as Windows of the Soul
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- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 15:27:34 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul29.022611.14276@husc3.harvard.edu> zeleny@husc9.harvard.edu (Michael Zeleny) writes:
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- >A question for all commonplace experts: what is the earliest occurrence of
- >this locution known to you? has it found significant representation in the
- >arts? in which languages and cultures does it occur? is there a religious
- >significance to it? has it been discussed in scholarly literature?
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- Mikhail, I'm surprised at you! Don't you know that the real "you" is a
- little guy that lives in your head and looks out of your eyes? (Actually, I
- do think that a metaphysical picture like this underlies the
- "commonplace".)
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