Fourth Lecture

Nothing in the world stands alone, not a flower, not an animal, not a human being, but also not such a motif, because it is essential to such a motif that there are forces present that lie entirely outside the geometric context of this motif. Geometrically, these are four columns covered by a dome; but this geometry is only part of it. What belongs to it is a sum of forces that are inherent in the entire structure of the universe and cause the columns to be able to support the dome. The dome rests on the columns, the columns stand on the earth: gravity comes into play here.