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... " A picture is worth a thousand words." Many people use this quote, but is it true? Can you really get more out of a picture than a 1000 word piece of literature? Can a picture "tell the truth" better than literate or literature "tell the truth" better than a picture or work of art? What area of knowledge can "tell the truth" the best? Knowledge gained by literature and art is gained through emotion. The difference lies with the fact that knowledge gained by literature is also gained through language, where as that gained by art is gained through empiricism. Also, both literature and art are subjunctive to the knower, so the knowledge one person gains from a piece or literature or work or art may be different then that gained by another person who reads or sees the same thing. The truth told by these two forms of
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