Science or philosophy is like a dissection. It is possible to analyze what we did after we did something. It is possible. But it is already a dead corpse [laughs] a dead corpse of our practice. So even if you analyze what you have done, it will not work. It will not help you so much.
Rembrandt van Rijn, The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp
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