Linguistique de l’écrit

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Epilogue

Abraham Akkerman

pp. 201-210

Résumé

The Platonic Form of the city comprises Plato's projection of fundamental attributes of the human soul upon the social makeup of his Ideal City (Chaps.  7 and  9). Plato's city-soul analogy might be said, therefore, to be the earliest attempt to subject the concept of the city to an eidetic reduction. Plato's Forms, of course, are static, solemn constructs, and the Form of the city, reflecting Plato's Ideal City, is no different. In this, Plato's insight is at variance with the dynamics of the city, primordially expressed in human movement through urban voids – in walking through streets, squares and other open spaces in the city.

Détails de la publication

Publié dans:

Akkerman Abraham (2016) Phenomenology of the Winter-city: myth in the rise and decline of built environments. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 201-210

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-26701-2_15

Citation complète:

Akkerman Abraham, 2016, Epilogue. In A. Akkerman Phenomenology of the Winter-city (201-210). Dordrecht, Springer.