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When appearance and reality coincide, philosophy and literary criticism find themselves with nothing to say.

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
Aphorist
Philosophy
Reality
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Coincide
Literary
Philosophical
Appearance
Criticism

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