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Abstraction

Event

Perceptions

Mental pictures

Descriptions

Meaning

TheoriesResponse

“hot dog”

“ah, lunch time!”

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abstract

verb

1. to draw or take away, to remove.

2. to consider as a general quality or characteristic, apart from specific objects or instances.

3. to make an abstract of, to summarize, to symbolize ….

Alfred Korzybski

“The map is not the territory”

Alfred Korzybski

“The word is not the thing”

–Viktor E. Frankl

“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response

lies our growth and our freedom.”

–Nelson Mandela

“No-one can take from me the ultimate freedom: freedom to decide how I will

respond to what happens”

“Out beyond ideas of right doing and wrong doing, there is a field. I will meet you there.”

Rumi

Image credits:• NASA: Earth at night• Wikipedia: Victor Frankl, Westboro Baptist Church, Updown Court• Deviant Art: “Crimson stars” by Longfall 1979, “Street People” by Andre Uccetti, “Earth Eye” by Pale

Scarlet• Flickr: “see no evil” by robgallop, “wormhole” by Trinity Halberstadt, Mandela by Spercius, Car by

Applesticker• Matrix from Cydonian.com• Clip art from clker.com• Freeway, geograph.org.uk• Pixabay.com: Lighthouse, by LoboStudioHamburg, Moon by Nuzree,

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