24 sats \ 2 replies \ @TomK OP 20 Aug 2023 \ parent \ on: The Greek Temple: Cold Storage Of Antiquity bitcoin
Thank You. The antique temple was a kind of spiritually and by force established center of confidence and trust. The antiquity formed their societies in a way around this idea to build on the guarantee of the gods as a form of a base layer. Panteism in its purest form.
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20 sats \ 1 reply \ @carlosfandango 20 Aug 2023
Textbook pantheism made real.
It is probably no coincidence then that the facades and interiors of modern (19th century) banks have a neo classical architectural style. Stability, authority, birthplace of mathematics and democracy - you can understand why architects look to Greek temples and state buildings.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @TomK OP 20 Aug 2023
Exactly. Even we barbarians from the north understand this symbolism of eternal power immidiately when we are confronted with it.
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