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Roger Stanley Jones. There is another aspect of our modern spatial metaphor worth considering for the light it can ... spatial metaphor . Thus our constructed space has precisely the properties needed in order to measure it . Again we can ...
Roger Stanley Jones. There is another aspect of our modern spatial metaphor worth considering for the light it can ... spatial metaphor . Thus our constructed space has precisely the properties needed in order to measure it . Again we can ...
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... spatial metaphor . The vast array of human relationships through blood , race , society , religion , and politics is normally conceived of in familial , psycho- logical , social , cultural , and historical terms . But we may equally ...
... spatial metaphor . The vast array of human relationships through blood , race , society , religion , and politics is normally conceived of in familial , psycho- logical , social , cultural , and historical terms . But we may equally ...
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... spatial metaphors , and the intuitive approach to space generally , I should like briefly to con- sider the unlikely matter of prepositions . That prepositions , as we use them in language , have a great deal to do with our intuitive ...
... spatial metaphors , and the intuitive approach to space generally , I should like briefly to con- sider the unlikely matter of prepositions . That prepositions , as we use them in language , have a great deal to do with our intuitive ...
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Introduction | 3 |
The Lengths We Go To | 13 |
The Stacked Deck | 32 |
Copyright | |
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A-B line abstract acceleration astrology atom Barfield basic Becker body Cantor cardinal metaphors causal chapter conceive concept connection consciousness cosmos creation creative death Denial of Death dimensions distance earth Einstein electron elementary particles elements elephant example existence experience external feel finite force Fotheringay fundamental geometry gravity harmony Hindu Creation human mind idea imagine infinite integers intuitive kind law of inertia length light cone line segments mathematical matter meaning measure medieval meter modern physics motion muon mystery nature Newton object one-to-one correspondence organic Owen Barfield P. D. Ouspensky pattern perception philosophy physical science physical world physicists picture planets predict primal Pythagoras quark real numbers reality relativity rhythm Saving the Appearances scientific scientists sense separate simply space spacelike spacetime spatial metaphor speed speed of light subjective symbolic synchronicity Tertium Organum theory of relativity things thought tion two-dimensional ultimate universe visual