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1.
The planning of temples depends upon symmetry: and the
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method
of this architects must diligently apprehend. It arises from
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proportion
(which in Greek is called analogia). Proportion consists
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taking a fixed module, in each case, both for the parts of a
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building
and for the whole, by which the method of symmetry is
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put
to practice. For without symmetry and proportion no temple
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can
have a regular plan; that is, it must have an exact proportion
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worked
out after the fashion of the members of a finely-shaped
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human body.
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