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The poetic image exists apart from causality.

Gaston Bachelard

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Gaston Bachelard
Age: 78 †
Born: 1884
Born: June 27
Died: 1962
Died: October 16
G 巴什拉
G. Bachelard
Apart
Exists
Image
Causality
Poetic

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