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" Each point of the concrete expanse currently seen must possess not only a present localization but also a series of virtual localizations which will situate it with respect to my body when my body moves, in such a way, for example, that I thrust my left arm without hesitation into the sleeve which was on my right when the coat was placed in front of me...Each perceived position has a meaning only as integrated into a framework of space which includes not only a sensible sector, actually perceived, but also a 'virtual space' of which the sensible sector is only a momentary aspect. "

Maurice Merleau-Ponty , The Structure of Behavior


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Maurice Merleau-Ponty quote : Each point of the concrete expanse currently seen must possess not only a present localization but also a series of virtual localizations which will situate it with respect to my body when my body moves, in such a way, for example, that I thrust my left arm without hesitation into the sleeve which was on my right when the coat was placed in front of me...Each perceived position has a meaning only as integrated into a framework of space which includes not only a sensible sector, actually perceived, but also a 'virtual space' of which the sensible sector is only a momentary aspect.