A more problematic example is the parallel between the increasingly abstract and insubstantial picture of the physical universe wh...ich modern physics has given us and the popularity of abstract and non-representational forms of art and poetry. In each case the representation of reality is increasingly removed from the picture which is immediately presented to us by our senses.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself,... Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits, and... Are melted into air, into thin air. And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself-- Yea, all which it inherit--shall dissolve And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Oh, had I received the education I desired, had I been bred to the profession of the law, I might have been a useful member of soc...iety, and instead of myself and my property being taken care of, I might have been a protector of the helpless, a pleader for the poor and unfortunate.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »