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I would want to say that we could easily create counter-factual conditions so that we can say that a chair no one has ever seen is blue. A chair is blue just in case, were it seen by a typical human observer, she would say it is blue. If this is what 'blue' means, then a chair can be blue in the absence of direct observation.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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