A system is in equilibrium when the forces constituting it are arrange…

Rudolf Arnheim
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A system is in equilibrium when the forces constituting it are arranged in such a way as to compensate each other, like the two weights pulling at the arms of a pair of scales. ✨ Rudolf Arnheim (1974). Entropy and Art: An Essay on Disorder and Order, p.25, Univ of California Press
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A system is in equilibrium when the forces constituting it are arranged in such a way as to compensate each other, like the two weights pulling at the arms of a pair of scales. ✨ Rudolf Arnheim (1974). Entropy and Art: An Essay on Disorder and Order, p.25, Univ of California Press

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