Only as far as the human voice could carry
1. Does "Aristotelian polis" mean "the political society that was the ideal society in the thought of Aristotle"?
2. Does "it" refer to "Occupy Wall Street"?
3. Does “face-to-face conversation” to the civic order mean "face-to-face conversation to the government.
4. What does extended only as far as the human voice could carry mean?
Context:
Michael Kimmelman, an art critic for the New York Times, heralded the Occupy Wall Street “movement” in Zuccotti Park as a re-emergence of the Aristotelian polis, in that it succeeded in reinstating the importance of a “proper city” and “face-to-face conversation” to the civic order that, in antiquity, extended only as far as the human voice could carry.
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red apple extended only as far as the human voice could carry ~ was only as large as a circle whose radius is determined by how far the voice can be heard CJ ( I don't know the answers to your other questions. )
- red apple extended only as far as the human voice could carry ~ was only as large as a circle whose radius is determined by how far the voice can be heard CJ ( I don't know the answers to your other questions.
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red appleextended only as far as the human voice could carry
~ was only as large as a circle whose radius is determined by how far the voice can be heard
CJ
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