“Furthermore, since reality is always radically different from our formulation of it, and is never something we encounter…
“Furthermore, since reality is always radically different from our formulation of it, and is never something we encounter directly in the flesh, we must approach it indirectly. This withdrawal or withholding of things from direct access is the central principle of OOO.”— Harman, Graham. Object-Oriented Ontology: A New Theory of Everything. London: Pelican Books, 2018.