I am absolutely floored by this interview. I'm a little embarrassed I have yet to read Patitsas' book (though I have it). This is everything I have been exploring in my Substack series. He mentions Christopher Alexander in this interview, who is one of the primary sources I have been leaning on, but I also bring in the works of Catholic PhD Mario Baghos, who talks about how cities were started primarily as religious centers (which Patitsas' also explores in this interview). I also start with the premise that ancient cities did this better than our modern ones, because THEY KNEW SOMETHING WE DO NOT (which, from this interview, I can tell is that third way of science of the whole). Amazing! I've never heard it so clearly laid out.
It's extremely exciting to come across someone else who has come to the same (or similar) conclusions — I've just started out investigating this, so the idea that I may indeed be on the right path is...extremely encouraging. Thank you so much for conducting this interview!
Onto reading his book now — clearly I have already delayed it too long.
I am absolutely floored by this interview. I'm a little embarrassed I have yet to read Patitsas' book (though I have it). This is everything I have been exploring in my Substack series. He mentions Christopher Alexander in this interview, who is one of the primary sources I have been leaning on, but I also bring in the works of Catholic PhD Mario Baghos, who talks about how cities were started primarily as religious centers (which Patitsas' also explores in this interview). I also start with the premise that ancient cities did this better than our modern ones, because THEY KNEW SOMETHING WE DO NOT (which, from this interview, I can tell is that third way of science of the whole). Amazing! I've never heard it so clearly laid out.
I have to pass on my latest article about it, which talks about so much of this: https://renmiller.substack.com/p/theres-a-reason-ancient-cities-fill
It's extremely exciting to come across someone else who has come to the same (or similar) conclusions — I've just started out investigating this, so the idea that I may indeed be on the right path is...extremely encouraging. Thank you so much for conducting this interview!
Onto reading his book now — clearly I have already delayed it too long.