In just the same way the thousands of successive positions of a runner are contracted into one sole symbolic attitude, which our eye perceives, which art reproduces, and which becomes for everyone the image of a man who runs.

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This quote suggests that while a runner's movements may be continuous and constantly changing, they are condensed and captured in a single symbolic pose that represents the act of running. This pose is perceived by our eyes, reproduced in art, and universally recognized as the image of a person running. It implies that complex actions or sequences can be simplified and represented in a single symbolic form.

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