Re: German Seen Spatially



Alan wrote:
>
> "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.
>
I think you are expressing a perception of a physicality, that "on"
really means "above", into the claim that "on" is logically two
dimensional. No matter how the real world actually is, "on", I think, is
expressing the fundamentally two dimensional idea of motion or stillness
about a plane. The instant you are not referring to the "on" item as in
logical connection to that 2d surface, you change prepositions, to "in"
or to "above", say.


--
He and Evie soon fell into a conversation of the "No, I didn't; yes, you
did" type--conversation which, though fascinating to those who are
engaged in it, neither desires nor deserves the attention of others.
-+E.M. Forster, "Howards End"
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