Why we can't see in dark and only in light

In order to see the eyes must receive light and darkness is the absence of light.

Most of the objects we see around us are visible by reflected light- reflected sunlight or reflected artificial light.

We see the objects because light reflects and this reflected light is what becomes a mirror image in our eyes.

since darkness is the absence of light, there is no light in the darkness to be reflected from chairs, tables or peoples to our eyes, and therefore we can not see these objects