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The meaning or value of a thing consists of what it affords.

The abstract analysis of the world by mathematics and physics rests on the concepts of space and time.

Hence it is that the shape of something is especially meaningful.

What a thing is and what it means are not separate, the former being physical and the latter mental as we are accustomed to believe.

But then, of course, one can peek through the fingers, which is not only pleasurable but a lesson in practical optics.

The perception of what a thing is and the perception of what it means are not separate, either.

A mechanical encounter or other energy-exchange may cause tissue damage.