a mental place of perspective

English translation: a place that gives you an overall view

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English term or phrase:	a mental place of perspective
Selected answer:	a place that gives you an overall view
Entered by:	suezen

16:12 Feb 8, 2008

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English term or phrase: a mental place of perspective

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"It's important not to react without thinking, but instead "to go to the balcony", a mental place of calm and perspective where you can step back and remember what your interests are"
I understand what a mental place of calm is, but not what a mental place of perspective is... Could you please explain the meaning? Thx!!
Luca

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a place that gives you an overall view

Explanation:
in this case, a mental "balcony", in other words, a place from where you can look down on everything and understand the relative importance of each element ("putting things into perspective" reiterates this idea of seeing their relative importance)

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suezen
Local time: 15:42

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5 +2

somewhat detached from the situation, allowing one to put things into perspective

Mark Berelekhis

3 +4

a place to think over things (calmly)

Derek Gill Franßen

a place that gives you an overall view

suezen

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1 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

somewhat detached from the situation, allowing one to put things into perspective

Explanation:
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Mark Berelekhis
United States
Local time: 09:42
Works in field
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Russian,

English
PRO pts in category: 8

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

a place to think over things (calmly)

Explanation:
...is how I would explain it.
:)

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Note added at 5 mins (2008-02-08 16:18:18 GMT)
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I do not mean a physical place, but rather the act of thinking over something calmly and viewing it (with your mental eye) from different sides, so as to gain new insights into it.

Derek Gill Franßen
Germany
Local time: 15:42
Native speaker of: English

1 hr confidence:

a place that gives you an overall view

suezen
Local time: 15:42
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

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thx!

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