EVENT DESCRIPTION
In today’s discussion, we will open with a conversation about form. Possible avenues of dialogue include the human form in all its guises during adulthood, in utero, and at rest. We may also visit the distinct aspects of form in relation to neighborhood.
EVENT CONTENT
- Materialist perception that mechanical past causes mechanical future while disregarding the intangible.
- Platonist view that all existence is merely an illusion of mind and physical entities are timeless and imperfect representations of ideals.
- Goethe’s form as metamorphosis.
- Aristotle’s hylomorphism whereby every physical object is a compound of matter (hulê) and form (morphê).
- Flow geometry of form.
