Merleau-Ponty describes 'flesh of the world' as the intertwining of subject and object, where perception and the perceived are inseparable

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Merleau-Ponty means by the 'flesh of the world'

Merleau-Ponty describes 'flesh of the world' as the intertwining of subject and object, where perception and the perceived are inseparable

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