7/17/2019 The Eyes of the Skin

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The Eyes of The Skin

Part 1Vision and Knowledge

Eyes/sight is the most important, greatest, and noblest gift for human kind. lassi!al"reeks thought had said it #ia $ristotle, Plato, and %era!litus wisdom. $lready in

!lassi!al "reek thought, !ertainly was based on #ision and #isibility. &The eyes are more

e'a!t witnesses than the ears(, wrote %era!litus in one of his fragment. Plato regarded#ision as humanity(s greatest gift. $nd he insisted that ethi!al uni#ersals must be

a!!essible to &the mind(s eye(. $ristotle, likewise, !onsidered sight as the most noble of

the senses &be!ause it appro'imates the intelle!t most !losely by the #irtue of the relati#e

immateriality of its knowing(.

)uring the renaissan!e, the fi#e senses were understood to form a hierar!hi!al system

from the highest sense of #ision down to tou!h. The renaissan!e system