to square the circle (squaring the circle)

Hungarian translation: a kör négyszögesítése

13:44 Sep 1, 2010
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Social Sciences - History / Geometrical problem extended into metaphor
English term or phrase: to square the circle (squaring the circle)
Szövegkörnyezet:

Orlow argued that the Nazi party structure “neither differentiated between the party functionaries’ roles as private individuals and as public persons, nor did it seek to separate decision makers from decision administrators,” but created instead “a bureaucratic
functionary corps of extremely committed leader-executives who lived in their own synthetic society dominated by the totaling and reflexive myths.” As a result of its dual nature, the NSDAP successfully avoided the problem of bureaucratic in-growth, but not by depersonalizing the relationship of bureaucratic superior and subordinate. The NSDAP combined personalization and bureaucratization in the party’s organizational life. Hitler , an achievement made possible by the operation of the myth within the organization of the party.

Honnan ered a kifejezés:

Squaring the circle is a problem proposed by ancient geometers. It is the challenge of constructing a square with the same area as a given circle by using only a finite number of steps with compass and straight edge. More abstractly and more precisely, it may be taken to ask whether specified axioms of Euclidean geometry concerning the existence of lines and circles entail the existence of such a square.

The expression "squaring the circle" is sometimes used as a metaphor for doing something logically or intuitively impossible.
Ilona Roberts
Norway
Local time: 09:59
Hungarian translation:a kör négyszögesítése
Explanation:
Ami, ugye, lehetetlen.

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a kör négyszögesítése


Explanation:
Ami, ugye, lehetetlen.

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http://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Körnégyszögesítés

Balázs Sudár
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agree  egerhazi
1 min

agree  Ildiko Santana: "A kör négyszögesítése az a mértani feladat, amelynek lényege, hogy az adott kör területével egyenlő területű négyzetet szerkesszünk. Valami ilyesmi történik a darabbeli Szovjetunióban, 1921-ben, a szocializmus hajnalán..." (Valentyin Katajev vígjátéka)
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agree  Katalin Horváth McClure
50 mins

agree  Miklós Monostory
1 hr

agree  Attila Bielik
3 hrs

agree  ValtBt
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agree  Iosif JUHASZ
18 hrs

agree  Katalin Szilárd
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
fából vaskarikát


Explanation:
:)

(átvitt értelem)
és még körre utalás is van benne!

János Untener
Hungary
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agree  Katalin Szilárd: Metaforaként ez is jó.
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