Criticism

Abstract

All objects are mirrors of the man who sees them. This statement is less subjectivistic than it may sound. Although mirrors are concave, convex, plane, etc., and that which they reflect is shaped and distorted by their own character; nevertheless, one who knows the theory of light and is in a position to apply this theory to special cases as they arise, need not be blinded or confused by these distortions. We do not see our impulses and wishes, our psychic sets and ideas reflected in a simple and undistorted fashion anywhere in the world around us. They are reflected back to us in diverse and broken patterns. If we would interpret these reflections and so experience both ourselves and the world aright, then we must learn the relevant theory and learn to apply it in order to correct for inevitable distortions and misrepresentations.