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... circle . From the point and the linear figure to the wheel and the sphere , the circle moves by rotation , diffusion , and enclosure . If we wish both to abstract and to pro- tect our intimacy , the circle offers the ideal and immutable ...
... circle . From the point and the linear figure to the wheel and the sphere , the circle moves by rotation , diffusion , and enclosure . If we wish both to abstract and to pro- tect our intimacy , the circle offers the ideal and immutable ...
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... circle of human history : at the apocalypse , time curves back upon itself and links the end with the beginning in a perfect circle . 6 Thus we enter the boundless sphere of God's presence , the kingdom which the dreamer can glimpse but ...
... circle of human history : at the apocalypse , time curves back upon itself and links the end with the beginning in a perfect circle . 6 Thus we enter the boundless sphere of God's presence , the kingdom which the dreamer can glimpse but ...
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... circle , the famous missing line ( 472 ) serves to flaw its perfect structure . Crawford recognizes that the missing line may be deliberate , and speculates that the poet " may have avoided formal perfection for fear of excessive vanity ...
... circle , the famous missing line ( 472 ) serves to flaw its perfect structure . Crawford recognizes that the missing line may be deliberate , and speculates that the poet " may have avoided formal perfection for fear of excessive vanity ...
Contents
ONE Introduction | 3 |
the circle as figural space | 25 |
a fourfold | 129 |
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