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Originally Posted by geonuc
Second, I believe a stellated octahedron requires the two tetrahedra to 'interlink' to the point where the vertices are described by a cube. In other words, that object Thoth is holding is not interlinked enough to be a stellated tetrahedron.
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Why not?
it looks just like
this, only from a different angle and perhaps with some perspective. The upper parts of some triangles seem to be over-exposed and not visible in the bright background.
The implied 3d object seems to fit the bill and would correspond to a cube.
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"They reasoned that an object situated at the center and related equally to the extremes in every direction can have no impulse to move in any specific direction. In fact, they compared the situation of such an object with that of a man violently but equally hungry and thirsty, standing at the same distance from food and drink and unable to decide in which direction to move." -
Aristotle