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Informationen zum Autor John Sallis Klappentext Forty illustrations grace the book and enhance our sense of what it means to understand and connect to our world. Zusammenfassung How does it feel to get caught in a violent storm in the high Alps? What does a visitor think while ascending the sacred way in Delphi? How does a rock garden in Kyoto challenge one's sense of self? This book invites readers to open their imaginations to the power of evocative places. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Foreword: Evocative Places 1. Translations 2. Elements 3. Winter Stories 4. Arches 5. Welkin 6. Sublimities 7. Garden Time 8. Islands 9. Caldera 10. Thalassic Surfaces 11. Lightlines 12. Ascent 13. Earthbound 14. Silence 15. Storm at Dusk 16. Solstitial Fires 17. Ancient Memories 18. Chora 19. Descent 20. At Sea 21. Mountain Spectacle 22. Lumen Naturale 23. Mountain Time 24. Of Stone 25. Protractive Places 26. Visible Elements 27. Cascata 28. Quiet Visibility 29. Shelterings 30. A Little Night Music 31. Beyond the Narrows 32. Force Index

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• Authors: John Sallis
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.11.2006
• EAN: 9780253218711
• ISBN: 978-0-253-21871-1
• No. of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 108 mm x 152 mm x 4 mm
• Series: Studies in Continental Thought; Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Travel > Travel guides