The poet William Wordsworth said:
“Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things;
–We murder to dissect.”
For more on the meaning and implications of Wordsworth’s claim, see p. 68 of my Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism from Rousseau to Foucault.
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It’s on pg. 68
Corrected. Thanks.