The Appearances
scheinen
German verb:
1. to shine; to gleam
2. to seem; to appear….
Quine, Pursuit of Truth,
Harvard U. Press, 1990, epigraphs:
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Owen Barfield,
Saving the Appearances:
George S. Lensing,
Wallace Stevens and the Seasons:
"Poetry is often a revelation
of the elements of appearance."