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Does knowledge begin with the thinking subject or the existing object? It must begin with the existing object. A person cannot think who does not first exist. An object cannot be thought about if one does not first perceive that it exists. Reality precedes consciousness in the order of knowing.
#gm #philosophy #commonsense #realism #thomism
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