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The tension between geometry and matter has a long philosophical journey interwoven with the history of rhetoric and architecture. In 1657 or 1658, Pascal wrote two short treatises on the rhetorical function of geometry titled De l'esprit geometrique and L'Art de persuasion. In these writings, Pascal burdens geometry with the demand that the truth of matter be articulate, and persuasively demonstrated.
The tension between geometry and matter has a long philosophical journey interwoven with the history of rhetoric and architecture. In 1657 or 1658, Pascal wrote two short treatises on the rhetorical function of geometry titled De l'esprit geometrique and L'Art de persuasion. In these writings, Pascal burdens geometry with the demand that the truth of matter be articulate, and persuasively demonstrated.
Forgetting Matter
Frith, Stephen (author)
Architectural Theory Review ; 15 ; 149-156
2010-08-01
8 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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