| "The young woman stopped herself for a moment before opening the door. She stood still, closed her eyes, and took a deep breath. A slight smile curved her lips; the fast beating of her heart, the tension in her stomach, and the tingling in her limbs were due more to exhilaration than nervousness. Still, she thought, it was prudent to try to calm herself down a little. Finally she exhaled, opened her eyes, and turned the doorknob..."
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"To have a 'metaphysical perspective' means to regard every particular in the light of the universal. It means to be informed and motivated, in one's everyday thoughts and actions, by the entire sum of one's experience and knowledge – ultimately, by those abstractions which embrace the whole of reality: metaphysical abstractions..." |