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The Philosophy of Causality: Exploring ‘Nothing Is by Chance’
Everything is about specific causes and circumstances
Sometimes once you learn the rules and master the medium you are entitled to break all the rules. But not only that.
Plato’s belief in a world of forms beyond the realm of appearances suggests that true knowledge lies in understanding these forms, considering appearances mere shadows.
Plato indeed believed in a world of forms (also known as the “Theory of Forms” or “Theory of Ideas”) beyond the realm of appearances.
Why would someone who painted the picture on the left begin to paint the picture on the right?
From this to that.
Pablo Picasso, Self Portrait, 1901
Buste de femme (Femme à la résille), 1938
Picasso made his first trip to Paris, then the art capital of Europe, in 1900.
It’s intriguing to consider that Picasso, in his artistic evolution, transitioned from portraying surface-level appearances to attempting to capture a more profound essence of truth.
