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Full Idea
The province of representation is indeed two steps removed from the truth.
Gist of Idea
Representation is two steps removed from the truth
Source
Plato (The Republic [c.374 BCE], 602c)
Book Ref
Plato: 'Republic', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [OUP 1993], p.354
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