All too easily, we confuse the world as we symbolize it with the world as it is. - Alan Watts

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All too easily, we confuse the world as we symbolize it with the world as it is.

Alan Watts
Does It Matter?: Essays on Man’s Relation to Materiality
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About Alan Watts

Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was an English philosopher, writer, speaker, and expert in comparative religion.

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Alternative Names: Alan Wilson Watts Alan W. Watts
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