Re: German Seen Spatially


"Bill Bonde ('Soli Deo Gloria')" >>
> "On" is logically two dimensional and "in" is three dimensional. I'm not
> sure about "at". I don't know about the argument though since English,
> for example, often says "in orbit" even though physically it is
> logically two dimensional. "in der Umlaufbahn" doesn't push back the
> argument either.

What is so "logically two dimensional" about "on"? if something is "on"
something else, it means that no matter how close the physical contact, it
is "above" it --- a notion which would require the assumption of 3
dimensions.


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