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The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard
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The Poetics of Space

by Gaston Bachelard

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Reading this book is akin to dreaming. You will inhabit space in a new way, both on the page and in the real world. Brilliant. Essential. ( )
  lovejunkie | Aug 1, 2008 |
I love this book! It would have to be way at the top of my list of books that changed my life and how I look at things around me! Does include a very large number of difficult philosophical and psychological terms, but if you read through, you can get most of them in context. ( )
  medievalmama | Jan 21, 2008 |
In spite of its size, this is not a book to be read quickly. Very deep stuff. ( )
  TheArchitect | Jan 25, 2007 |
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A philosopher who has evolved his entire thinking from the fundamental themes of the philosophy of science, and followed the main line of the active, growing rationalism of contemporary science as closely as he could, must forget his learning and break with all his habits of philosophical research, if he wants to study the problems posed by the poetic imagination.
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This is a deep, magical, densely captivating book about space, our homes, how we live in them, and how dwellings and space affect us; it is as much a book of philosophy as a work of serious literature. It requires careful, preferably leisurely reading, with the possibility of moments to pause and digest and re-read the words. It will change the way you look at your home and your life, providing a deeper, more insightful relationship with the spaces you occupy.

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