Sense+Perception+1

Read the quote below, then write one comment in response to it, or it response to others' discussions. This wiki entry is due by 11:59:59 on Sunday, August 21st.

== "If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is; infinite." ---William Blake ==

Bryant D. This quote implies that the world is already an infinite reality. If we were to somehow link ourselves to it by perfecting our senses (which are what limit us from seeing the world in its "infinite" form) we would be able to realize the truth.

Jose G: i think that the quote means that if humans were perfect then there would be no point of what we call knowledge.

Brenda S: I believe the William Blake quote can be perceived as if everyone saw things in the same way and items weren't subjective to perception we would all see things exactly as they appear. We would all see the objects literally and no longer in a figurative fashion. A painting would no longer be subjective or a play or anything else of the artistic nature. Things would simply be as presented. The play of Romeo and Juliet would no longer be about love conquering all, it would be a play about a boy and a girl in love. This is MY perception on Blake's quote.

Joselyn G: My interpretation of this quote is that if our senses were not being used there would be no limitation on the different perspectives of one certain objective. We would not be able to identify anything therefore having no knowlegde about our sourroundings.

Cesar L. When we brake William Blake's down the quote, the quote can be very simple. "//If the doos of perception were cleansed//" mean 'if every form of evil, lie. etc. is erased." "//Everything would apear to man as it it; infinite//" means "any man could achieve anything." If we combine what i just said if every form of evil, lie etc. is eraced any man could achieve anything.

Jesus O:Speculating the quote,I interperted that if we are able to cleanse our doors of perception (five senses etc.) from bias, defects, emotion, default intellectual settings etc. we would be able to intake knowledge without limits; because we wouldn't have borders, we'd percieve continuously.

Miguel L: From my perspective, this quote means that if we removed everything we perceived from our brains and how we perceive things, we would be able to see everything else out there and would be blocked by our own perception. This quote is trying to say that perception impedes our ability to look at things from an infinite amount of different perspectives.

Daniela G: Blake is telling us that by seeing things in a different and clearer way, we can see how they are. He sees perception as a barrier that impedes man from thinking outside his own paradigm. If he manages to break that wall, he will be able to see the world in infinite ways.

Na'Keenya J: when I read this quote I think it means that if everything that we precieve was perfect then there would be infinite possibilities on how the world would be and those perceptions would be similar

Fabian D: When i look at this quote i take is as our emotions and culture are impeding us to look at knowledge as it is. For example religon impedes religous fanatics to reject any science that question the doings of god. If we cleansed our minds, disattached oursleves from family,culture, and religion(which most will not do), we would be able to see the universe's knowledge as it is; infinite.

Ricardo C: The way I interpreted this quote was that us humans use our own experiences and emotions to perceive things and that inhibits us to see things from other perspectives.As Jason said Truman was blindled by his perception that he was unable to see the other world around him. If we manage to control our emotions and leave our experiences behind then we could see the infinite things out there.

Jason M.: My undertanding of this quote is that the author blake is trying to say that if we humans did not make use of our perception as much as we do we could see the world in many perspective that would not block our minds from perceiving the world in many different ways. It would also help us from not being close minded like truman was who did not see the world in anyway except from how his perception perceived the world around him.

Xiomara G: The way I analyze it, Blake is saying that if we did not solely depend on our perception, then that would open our minds to many other things in the world we would have never thought of due to the wall our perception cause in our minds. Overall, perception in some cases only serves as a roadblock, or "mindblock."

Vazquez S: In my opinion, Blake says that we clog our perception in such a way that we inhibit ourselves from acknowledging everything. When we perceive something, we have rushing emotions and memories that take away our ability to analyze what we perceive broadly. If our emotions and memories where removed, we would be able to perceive infinitely everything.

Olivia M: By cleansing the "doors of perception," Blake is talking about ridding ourselves of the things that cloud our impartiality towards what we interpret around us. These impurities include emotion, bias, and any other subjectivity we use to make sense of our world. If we viewed the world with complete and utter open-mindedness, we would have the ability to see and perceive things for what they really are.

Taylor R: My interpretation of this quote means that by cleansing the doors of perception from emotions, bias, or anything that limits us to how we percieve things and the world, then we would be able to make decisions without being biased and look at them from an aboundant amount of perspectives.

Joshua C: i think what this quote is saying is that if we get rid of emotions and our bias, we will realize knowledge is limitless and that nothing can ever be certain.