Appearance
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"The present age [...] prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, representation to reality, the appearance to the essence [...]." -- The Essence of Christianity (1841) by Ludwig Feuerbach |
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Illustration: Henri Robin and a Specter, 1863 by Eugène Thiébault
Illustration: Henri Robin and a Specter, 1863 by Eugène Thiébault
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Appearance may refer to:
- Visual appearance, the way in which objects reflect and transmit light
- Human physical appearance, what someone looks like
- Appearance (philosophy), or phenomenon
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Etymology
From ad (“towards”) + pāreō (“be visible”).
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See also
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