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How Are Things? A Philosophical Experiment

Can we learn anything from the ordinary objects that surround us - the things we use in everyday life? The answer is: yes, more than we think. We don't notice these things but they coexist with and store meaning for us. This is Roger-Pol Droit's diary of a year encountering the world of things.

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