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Vision Visible Visionary Evident Revise Optic Ocular Witness
Engraved before 1811 from an original in the then Museum Pio Clemens in Rome (Click for details)
Esculapius (Medicine) between Mercury (Merchants) and the Graces (Medicine, Hygiene and Panacea)
Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals with Clients

~ VISIBLE  id+ | WHAT CAN BE PERCEIVED |
^u         id+ | TO SEE IS TO GET AN IDEA |
     opp of MYSTERY thus see> REAL
     id+ | SEING is BELIEVING |
     med> above underscores UNITY of
          PHYSICAL and MENTAL VISION
     EYE or OCULAR PERCEPTION IS NOT
     EQUIVALENT TO CEREBRAL VISION
           see> EYE    see> OCULAR
~ VISION   implies
~ VISTA    id+ | TO SEE or SIGHT |
~ VISUAL   id+ | GRAPHIC  VISIBLE |
           med> VISUAL SENSE from
  skt   VEDA  = KNOWLEDGE as in RIG VEDA  SAMA VEDA
  ukr   VEDE    GUIDE
        VYDNO = EVIDENTLY or VISIBLE
  lat   VIDE    SEE
        VIDERE  TO SEE
  lat   VISUS   VISION  as in
  eng   VISUAL  OPTIC or OCULAR
  ukr OSVITA    EDUCATION from
       SVITLO   LIGHT
       SVIT     WORLD as in
                ILLUMINATE or
                EDUCATION ILLUMINATES or
                PROVIDES A VISION
  lat   VIDERE  TO SEE
        VIDE    or
        VIDERE  SIGHT from
        VIDE    imperative SEE !
        VEO      I SEE    see> WIT
  rus   VIZHU    same     sug> WITNESS
  skt   VEDA     I KNOW   sug> WISE
  ukr   VEDU     I GUIDE
  sp    VEGA     VALE or LOW LAND
                 VAIL " TO SINK IN "
  eng   WIT      INTELLIGENCE
        WHIT     CREATURE  INDIVISIBLE
        WISE     LUCID  ALERT  AWARE
                    as if WITH VISION
  ukr   VITAI    ACKNOWLEDGE  GREET
  old eng  WITAN    TO KNOW
  Frankish WITAN    DIRECT  SHOW A WAY
  ger      WEISE    WAY or MANNER
  ukr      VEDE     GUIDE LEAD
  old eng  WIDEING  probably from
  gr        IDEIN   IDEA or
  ukr      VODYTY   TO LEAD
  sp      AVISO     ANNOUNCEMENT
  eng    ADVICE     OPINION
  the above related to a complex of clusters including
  VIEW  INTERVIEW  PURVIEW  REVIEW
  VISA  VISIT  VISOR  VISOR  ENVISAGE  VISUAL  VISIONARY
  INVISIBLE DIVISIBLE  ENVISAGE  PREVISION
  REVISE  SUPERVISE  SURVEY  VOYANCE  CLAIRVOYANCE
  VEDA  EVIDENT  EVIDENCE  PROVIDENT
  IMPROVISE  PROVISO  PURVEY  PURVEYOR
  WIT  WITLESS  WITTY  WISE  WISDOM  WIZARD
  lit+ maxim> VINI VIDI VINCI
       or   I CAME SAW  WON
  ply> | INDIVIDUAL VISIONS ARE
         INDIVISIBLE PERSONAL VISTAS |
  Sanskrit and other roots point VISION toward
  sug> WIT  sug> WISE and sug> WISDOM
  see> SIGHT 
 
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