[ chapter 3 ]
S t a t e m e n t s
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In all
existing physical structures [and in our cultural models] relations exist as
socializing potential.
Throughout
history one can observe how different models of seeing and of relating to
space - that is our relation to our surroundings - have replaced one another,
parallel with social, ideological, technical and other changes.
Values of a
given time will always determine the models and relations through which we
choose to conduct our lives. If the values change, the relations change as
well.
For the single
person these models and relations can seem so natural that one can make the
mistake of thinking that they are actual characteristics of our surroundings.
Through a given
time's scale of values we structure our surroundings in such a way that they
appear meaningful and as an understandable entity.
However, at the same time this specific relation also sets up a kind of limitation
for what we perceive and understand from our surroundings, because it excludes
or suppresses any knowledge which clashes with its meaningful entity.
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