The Theory of Architecture: Concepts, Themes & PracticesThis jargon-free guide to design and architecture theory helps professionals engage in the discourse of where and what architecture is, and has been. |
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... universal good of not killing Isaac , he thereby places himself ' above the law ' , as it were . The law is assumed to have universal validity and to apply to all situations equally , its corollary being the orthodox epistemologi- cal ...
... universal good of not killing Isaac , he thereby places himself ' above the law ' , as it were . The law is assumed to have universal validity and to apply to all situations equally , its corollary being the orthodox epistemologi- cal ...
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... universal qualities of art - those elements which survive all changes and revolutions . It may be said that as such it is merely art in pickle - an activity divorced from reality , of no immediate interest to the revolutionary ...
... universal qualities of art - those elements which survive all changes and revolutions . It may be said that as such it is merely art in pickle - an activity divorced from reality , of no immediate interest to the revolutionary ...
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... universal , and apeiron , the unbounded , unlimited , or infinite , was the recipient . " A mere determination , qualification of something else , which has no visible form apart from that which it affects or qualifies , is given ...
... universal , and apeiron , the unbounded , unlimited , or infinite , was the recipient . " A mere determination , qualification of something else , which has no visible form apart from that which it affects or qualifies , is given ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Chapter 1 | 25 |
B Social Aspects of Theory | 50 |
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