Dear All:
Trying to escape from the oppression conspiracy, I’m asking the list if any
one is interested in discussing the possibility of perfect objects from the
point of view of mereology, admitting the possibility of objects as a whole.
My interest was triggered by the possibility of wholes constituted of equal
parts both in topology as in form. A cube of gold is constituted by atoms
equal in form as in topology. The pure gold possibility depends on regular
molecular distribution in which every part has the same kind of topological
linkage to other parts. Any imperfection is due either by changes of form
(alien molecules) or by irregularities in topology.
This is easy (!) for defining perfection. Or not so easy. Admitting the
limits of the object (a cube) we have, necessarily limits of contact with
what is not cube of gold, thus defining a border of imperfection since the
border parts have not the same topological relations. If we pursuit this
reasoning, the limiting starts a chain reaction that no element is equal to
the other thus defining the impossibility of perfection on formal objects.
On other hand I was astonished by a Stradivarius violin performance. Built
to produce sound, its perfection is achieved by the erasure of any material
hint that could link us to wood, strings and bows and horsehair. No part of
the object is “visible” since they are all submitted to the sound that
overcomes everything. The perfection of the object, designed to produce
pure sounds is achieved by his dematerialization as a material object. The
worship of Stradivarius as perfect objects is legitimated by the conviction
that for the purpose of producing violin sounds nothing more perfect was
ever build.
Does anybody know literature on perfection from these points of view?
Thanks in advance,
Best of weekends,
Eduardo
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