by William Manson / March 9th, 2023 With each crossing of the street, with the tempo and multiplicity of economic, occupational and social life, the city sets up a deep contrast with small town and rural life with reference to the sensory foundations of psychic life. — Georg Simmel 1 Five thousand years ago, the first cities emerged as, and remain today, marketplaces–concentrated centers of trade, commerce, finance. Qualitative values–sentimental, aesthetic, empathic–are replaced by quantitative ones, which could be summed up in the phrase: 'How much?' In the beginning, monumental architecture symbolized the awe-inspiring omnipotence of gods and the immortality of rulers.
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