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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 7. Abstract/Concrete / a. Abstract/concrete

9619	David's 'Napoleon' is about something concrete and something abstract [Brown,JR]
	Full Idea: David's painting of Napoleon (on a white horse) is a 'picture' of Napoleon, and a 'symbol' of leadership, courage, adventure. It manages to be about something concrete and something abstract.
	From: James Robert Brown (Philosophy of Mathematics [1999], Ch. 3)
	A reaction: This strikes me as the germ of an extremely important idea - that abstraction is involved in our perception of the concrete, so that they are not two entirely separate realms. Seeing 'as' involves abstraction.